Paradigmatic Grammar of Gikuyu
Publisher: Center for the Study of Language and Inf
Published: June 1, 1997
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 180
ISBN-13: 9781575860763
Subjects: Grammar, syntax, linguistic structure; Linguistics; African Languages; Foreign Language Study; Foreign Language - Dictionaries / Phrase Books; Language; Kikuyu language - Grammar; Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics; African Languages (See Also Swahili); Grammar; Kikuyu language
Description: This monograph grew out of a project funded by the Berkeley-Stanford Joint Centers vocabularies project. It covers a wide range of linguistic aspects of the Gikuyu language, most of which is not available in existing grammars of the language. Aspects covered include: consonantal mutations, syllabification, the gender class system, types of nominalizations, the noun phrase, the verb phrase, possess or ascension, the tense aspect paradigms.

Additionally, the monograph includes a short lexicon of cultural terminology relating to aspects of Gikuyu life such as the rites of passage, garments and ornaments, foods, the environment.
Notes: Center for the Study of Language and Information - Lecture Notes