@phdthesis{57081,
  address               = {Ann Arbor},
  author                = {Childs, George Tucker},
  pages                 = {ix+390},
  publisher             = {UMI},
  school                = {University of California at Berkeley},
  title                 = {The Phonology and Morphology of Kisi},
  year                  = {1988},
  abstract              = {This dissertation describes the phonology and morphology of the Kisi language, a member of the Southern Branch of (West) Atlantic. The language is spoken in Guinea, Sierra Leone, and Liberia. After the introduction in Chapter 1 and an overview of the language in Chapter 2, I discuss the phonology of the language. The phonemic inventory has implosives, a full series of nasal compound stops, and a set of labialvelars. The vowels form a symmetrical seven-vowel pattern, and length is contrastive. Syllable structure is C(G)V(V)(C), where the only consonants allowed to close syllables are the liquid and two nasals. Kisi is a tonal language with the following tones: Low, High, Extra-High (limited distribution), Rise, and Fall. Tone is used lexically with nouns and grammatically elsewhere, especially within the verbal morphology. In Chapter 4 I discuss the word classes of Kisi. Besides the basic classes of nouns and verbs, Kisi has a set of adjectives, which is amply supplemented by a productive process of forming adjectives from verbs. There are only a few adverbs but a robust set of ideophones, which category is discussed at some length. Kisi has a rich morphology. Chapter 5 focuses on the noun class system, consisting of seven noun classes with agreement shown by low numbers, adjectives, demonstratives, and the like. Chapter 6 looks at verbal morphology. Aspect is basic to verbal inflections, although tense, mood, and polarity are also important. Kisi also has four verbal extensions: Causative, Benefactive, Middle, and Plural. The final chapter presents several derivational processes, including compounding.},
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  besttxt               = {ptxt2\africa\childs_kisi1988v2_o.txt},
  cfn                   = {africa\childs_kisi1988_o.pdf},
  class_loc             = {PL8390},
  degree                = {PhD},
  delivered             = {africa\childs_kisi1988_o.pdf},
  digital_formats       = {PDF 11.30Mb image-only PDF},
  document_type         = {B},
  fn                    = {africa\childs_kisi1988v2_o.pdf, africa\childs_kisi1988_o.pdf, africa\childs_kisi1988v2.pdf, africa\childs_kisi1988.pdf, africa/childs_kisi1988_o.pdf, africa\childs _kisi1988v2.pdf},
  hhtype                = {grammar},
  inlg                  = {English [eng]},
  keywords              = {;waf;gna;lbr;srl;lng;phn;u.875;ths;},
  lgcode                = {Liberian Kisi = Kisi-Southern [kss]},
  macro_area            = {Africa},
  mpi_eva_library_shelf = {PL 8390 CHI 2007},
  mpifn                 = {kisi_childs1988_o.pdf},
  oclc                  = {21576272},
  source                = {DAI-A 49/11, p. 3349, May 1989},
  src                   = {eballiso2009, hh, mpieva, weball},
  subject               = {LANGUAGE, LINGUISTICS (0290)},
  subject_headings      = {Gusii language, Gusii language},
  umi_id                = {8902054}
}