{"product_id":"directional-extensions-in-chadic-languages-9783985541911","title":"Directional extensions in Chadic languages","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Joseph Lovestrand\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Language Science Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Language Science Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Linguistics - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis monograph provides the first large-scale comparative study of how verbal morphology encodes directionality across Chadic languages. Drawing on a database of 91 languages spoken in Nigeria, Cameroon, and Chad, the book analyzes ventive, itive, vertical, and boundary-crossing extensions. The quantitative study examines where directional extensions occur and what meanings they can co-express, highlighting issues of multifunctionality and efficiency in grammar, as well as providing initial insights into their grammaticalization. The study advances the descriptive foundation of the least-documented Afroasiatic language family, while also contributing to theoretical discussions of motion events, verbal morphology, and morphosyntactic typology.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Language Science Press","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47892929282199,"sku":"9783985541911","price":5107.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9783985541911.webp?v=1781190111","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/directional-extensions-in-chadic-languages-9783985541911","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}