LNGS 411 — Syntax of a Ghanaian Language
Linguistics · University of Ghana
This course aims at providing advanced knowledge of the syntactic structures of a particular Ghanaian language (e.g. Akan, Dagaare, Dagbani, Dangme Ewe, Ga, and Guren). It assumes some level of proficiency on the part of students in the language concerned. Topics include serialization and other multiverb constructions, complementation, interrogative constructions, relative clauses, reflexivisation, grammaticalisation, and focus constructions.
- Credits
- 3
- Level
- Level 400
Other courses on this programme
- GHLS 111 — Ghanaian Language Proficiency for Beginners
- GHLS 112 — Intermediate Ghanaian Language Proficiency
- GHLS 113 — Advanced Ghanaian Language Proficiency I
- GHLS 114 — Advanced Ghanaian Language Proficiency II
- GHLS 430 — Project
- GHLS 441 — Written Literature of a Ghanaian Language
- GHLS 442 — Advanced Composition in a Ghanaian Language
- GHLS 443 — History and Development of a Ghanaian Language
- GHLS 444 — Topics in Ghanaian Language Studies
- LING 417 — Language and Law
- LNGS 301 — Introduction to Phonology
- LNGS 302 — Syntax I
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Start freeCourse details from University of Ghana Volume 2 Handbook for the Bachelor's Degree: Course Descriptions for Programmes in the Humanities (2017).