A dictionary and gramatical sketch of Dagaare

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Contents Preface Acknowledgments Authors' contributions Dictionary orthography and corresponding IPA symbols List of abbreviations Grammatical sketch of Dagaare 1 The Dagaare language and Dagaare studies 2 Phonology 2.1 Orthography and sound system of Dagaare 2.2 Consonants 2.3 Vowels 2.4 Tone 2.5 Phonological processes 2.5.1 Vowel harmony 2.5.2 Vowel assimilation 2.5.3 Final vowel elision/apocope 3 Morphology 3.1 Nominal morphology 3.1.1 The noun 3.1.1.1 Number/class 3.1.1.2 Definiteness/Referentiality 3.1.1.3 Case 3.1.1.4 Possession 3.1.2 Pronouns 3.1.2.1 Personal pronouns 3.1.2.2 Demonstrative pronouns 3.1.2.3 Reflexives 3.1.2.4 Reciprocal pronouns 3.1.2.5 Relative pronoun 3.1.2.6 Possessive pronouns 3.1.2.7 Interrogative pronouns 3.1.2.8 Indefinite pronouns 3.1.3 Honorific system 3.1.4 Numerals 3.1.5 Adjectives 3.2 Verbal morphology 3.2.1 The verb 3.2.1.1 Main verb 3.2.1.2 Verb root 3.2.1.3 Inflectional affixes 3.2.1.4 Derivational affixes and changes 3.2.1.5 Functional systems of the verb 3.2.2 Adverbs 3.2.3 Pluractional verbal constructions 3.3 Other word classes and morphological processes 3.3.1 Ideophones 3.3.2 Reduplication 3.3.3 Compounding 4 Syntax 4.1 Sentence types 4.2 The simple sentence 4.2.1 Imperative 4.2.2 Negation 4.2.3 Comparative constructions 4.3 Complex sentences 4.3.1 Coordination and Subordination 4.3.2 Relativization 4.3.3 Question formation 4.3.4 Small clause constructions 4.3.5 Verb serialization 4.3.6 Serial verb nominalization 4.4 Discourse phenomena 4.4.1 Topic 4.4.2 Focus 4.4.3 Focus and Negation References Dagaare dictionary a b d e ɛ f g gb gy h i k kp ky l m n ny ŋ ŋm o ɔ p s t u v w y z