A Grammatical Sketch of Cua

Cua is a Kalahari Khoe language spoken in southeastern Botswana (Kweneng District). It is closely related to languages such as G||ana, Tshila and Tsua. The phonology chapter describes the consonant, tone and vowel inventories, as well as a system of depressed tones following aspirated and voiced consonants.

Autorentext

Chris Collins is Professor of Linguistics at New York University. His research focuses on syntactic theory, the syntax-semantics interface, and African languages. When not in Africa, he and his wife live in New York City. Zachary Wellstood is a doctoral student of linguistics at the University of California, Berkeley. His research interests include biocultural documentation, fieldwork, morphosyntax, and tone. He is originally from the foothills of the Catskill Mountains in New York.

Inhalt

Introduction - Basic Sentences - Phonology - PGN Markers on Nouns - Pronouns - Imperative and Subjunctive - Reflexives and Reciprocals - Juncture Morpheme - Tense, Aspect, and Negation - Adverbs - Postpositions - Noun Phrase Coordination - Passives - Causatives - Copulas - Serial Verb - Constructions - Demonstratives - Adjectives - Numerals - Quantifiers - Possessors - Relative Clauses - Subordinate Clauses - Clausal Coordination - Questions - Focus