Nigeria

Understanding the power that women hold in the preservation of underresourced languages.

A discourse based study of the distribution of verb forms in narrative texts with focus on the “unmarked” Bare Verb form that is used to progress the storyline — sequential main events in a narrative text.

Bibliography Bybee, Perkins & Pagliuca (1994) Bybee, J., Perkins, R. & Pagliuca, W. (1994). The evolution of grammar: tense, aspect, and modality in the languages of the world. University of Chicago Press.

A parallel corpus of Pear Film retellings from 9 speakers, across 3 u̱t‑Maꞌin varieties.

One of three referenced texts in Rebecca’s dissertation. Included in the dissertation as an appendix.

One of three referenced texts in Rebecca’s dissertation. Included in the dissertation as an appendix.

A personal narrative about traveling from the language area to the state capital.

The sad saga of a woman tormented by demons.

A cautionary tale of suspicion that leads to gossip and ends with forgiveness and shame.

What you sow is what you reap is the story of a woman whose behavior is blamed for her suffering in childbirth. It was told by Sunday John in a recording made in February 2013 in Tungan Magajiya, Niger State. It was transcribed in the orthography and …