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Shekgalagari grammar a descriptive analysis of the language and its vocabulary created by Stephen T. M. Lukusa, Kemmonye C. Monaka

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Series: . no.47 | CASAS Book SeriesPublication details: Cape Town The Centre for Advanced Studies of African Society (CASAS) 2008Description: 235 pages IllustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781920294434
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Contents:
1 - Introduction, 2 - The noun class system, 3 - Pronouns, 4 - Adjectives, 5 - The verb: root and systems, 6 - Adverbs, ideophones and interjections, 7 - Prepositions and conjuctions, 8 - The sentence structure.
Summary: Shekgalagari Grammar is the first book of its kind on the language. It is an important book on Botswana minority languages authored by two well known linguists from the University of Botswana including an experienced Bantuist and a native speaker of the language. The data on which the examples are based is reliable and has been well researched into, taking account of Shengologa as the central dialect informally representing the other varieties of the language, without totally ignoring the latter dialects.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

1 - Introduction, 2 - The noun class system, 3 - Pronouns, 4 - Adjectives, 5 - The verb: root and systems, 6 - Adverbs, ideophones and interjections, 7 - Prepositions and conjuctions, 8 - The sentence structure.

Shekgalagari Grammar is the first book of its kind on the language. It is an important book on Botswana minority languages authored by two well known linguists from the University of Botswana including an experienced Bantuist and a native speaker of the language. The data on which the examples are based is reliable and has been well researched into, taking account of Shengologa as the central dialect informally representing the other varieties of the language, without totally ignoring the latter dialects.

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