The Morphosyntax of Complement-Head Sequences: Clause Structure and Word Order Patterns in Kwa Oxford Studies in Comparative Syntax

Author	Enoch Olade Aboh, Samuel Schefler
Format	Paperback
ISBN	9780195159905
Publication Date	17/05/2009
Publisher	USA Oxford University Press
Manufacturer	Oxford University Press

This book is about the syntax of the Kwa language group, which includes most of the languages of sub-Saharan Africa. The author, a native speaker of one of the languages in the group, analyzes different aspects of the syntax of the Kwa language group and suggests how grammatical pictures for these languages can shed some light on Universal Grammar in general.

This is the first book on the syntax of a Niger-Conger language family, which includes most of the languages of sub-Saharan Africa. Aboh, who is a native speaker of one of the languages (Gungbe) he discusses, analyzes different aspects of the syntax of the ""Kwa"" language group, and suggests how grammatical pictures for these languages can shed some light on Universal Grammar in general.