Frank Seidel

List of John Benjamins publications for which Frank Seidel plays a role.

Articles

This paper looks at how the forms used to indicate past events interact to create a coherent narrative in Yeyi (Bantu) and Nalu (Atlantic). The examination focuses on how past narrative spaces are first constructed and then contextualized (elaborated on) through a stage-setting past form that is… read more
Seidel, Frank 2015 Describing endangered languages: Experiences from a PhD grammar project in AfricaLanguage Documentation and Endangerment in Africa, Essegbey, James, Brent Henderson and Fiona Mc Laughlin (eds.), pp. 277–312 | Article
The present contribution deals with documenting underdocumented and endangered languages in Africa. It focuses on the documentation of languages through PhD programs as most grammatical descriptions produced today stem from PhD theses. The focus lies on facets of the organization and conception of… read more