Browsing Department of Linguistics & TESOL by Author "Burquest, Donald"
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Narrative Storyline Marking In Safaliba: Determining The Meaning And Discourse Function Of A Typologically-suspect Pronoun Set
Schaefer, Paul Alan (Linguistics, 2009-09-16)This study examines the meaning and discourse functions of a typologically unusual set of pronouns (the "N-pronoun" set) in Safaliba, a little-studied Gur language of western Ghana. The phonological structure of the ... -
An Overview Of Central Dizin Phonology And Morphology
Beachy, Marvin Dean (Linguistics, 2007-08-23)Dizin (Dizi) is an Omotic language spoken in Southwest Ethiopia with three main dialects. This thesis focuses on Central Dizin phonology and morphology, but includes some data from Eastern Dizin and Western Dizin. Prolonged ... -
The Verbs Of Esther: A Discourse Analysis Of A Post-exilic Text
Riepe, Jill Lynn (Linguistics, 2009-09-16)The Verbs of Esther: A Discourse Analysis of a Post-Exilic Text seeks to describe the narrative main clause verbs, the quotation formula verbs, and the verbs in quotations found in the text of Esther. These verbs provide ...