Frank Seidel
List of John Benjamins publications for which Frank Seidel plays a role.
Articles
Rethinking narrative tenses based on data from Nalu (Atlantic) and Yeyi (Bantu) Beyond Aspect: The expression of discourse functions in African languages, Payne, Doris L. and Shahar Shirtz (eds.), pp. 177–218 | Article
2015 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
Describing endangered languages: Experiences from a PhD grammar project in Africa Language Documentation and Endangerment in Africa, Essegbey, James, Brent Henderson and Fiona Mc Laughlin (eds.), pp. 277–312 | Article
2015 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