A Grammar of Seenku

by Laura McPherson and Laura

Book Overview

Seenku is a Western Mande language of the Samogo group spoken in southwestern Burkina Faso by approximately 17,000 speakers. It has undergone a lot of phonological reduction, leading to a rich segmental and tonal phoneme inventory but mainly mono- and sesquisyllabic roots. The language has four contrastive levels of tone that combine to create over a dozen contours. Tone has a high functional load lexically and grammatically, permeating all aspects...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 311077710X
• ISBN13: 9783110777109
• Release Date: January 2022
• Publisher: de Gruyter Mouton
• Length: 592 Pages
• Weight: 2.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.7" x 9.6"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary