Publications

Publication details [#1444]

Bird, Charles S. and Timothy Shopen. 1979. Maninka. In Shopen, Timothy, ed. Languages and their speakers. Winthrop. pp. 59–111.

Publication type

Article in book

Publication language

English

Keywords

greeting | leave-taking | proverb | syntax1

Language as a subject

Maninka

Annotation

A discussion of some of the major characteristics of Maninka grammar, followed by a study of the way in which the language is used in Maninka culture (focusing on greetings and leave-takings, the role of the bard, and proverbs).