Le senar (langue senufo du Burkina Faso) (English shop)

éléments de description et d’influence du jula véhiculaire dans un contexte de contact de langues

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This book is a contribution to the description of Sena̰r (a Senufo language spoken in Burkina Faso) and to the analysis of the features of the influence of vehicular Jula (of Burkina Faso) on Senar. The descriptive analysis of Sena̰r, the subject of the first part of the book, was carried out through its main levels, namely phonology, morphology and syntax. The chapter on phonology includes not only surface phonology, but also certain morphophonological phenomena such as consonantal alternations, vowel length, vowel harmony, the formation of diphthongs, etc. Under morphology, the following points are addressed: the nominal system, the verbal system and other morphological categories such as adverbs, adpositions, ideophones and interjections. As for the syntactic study, it deals with four major points: the simple sentence, the complex sentence, serial constructions and consecutive constructions. The second part of the book, devoted to the analysis of the discourse of Sena̰r speakers, consists of four chapters. The introductory chapter of this part presents the results of a preliminary sociolinguistic survey, conducted by means of survey forms. The three other chapters focus on the analysis of the interviews, with a view to identifying the actual features of the influence of Jula, on the phonetic/phonological, grammatical and lexico-semantic levels alike.

This book is divided into two major parts:
The first part describes the Senar language in respect of its phonology and aspects of its grammar.
The phonological aspect focuses on one hand on the phonology of surface. On the other hand, it examines some morphophonological phenomena as consonantal alternations, vocalic length, vocalic harmony, status of diphthongs, etc. The morphological analysis focuses on nouns, noun classes, pronouns, verbs, adverbs, numerals, interjections and modification. As for the syntactical analysis, it studies successively four major aspects: the simple sentence, the complex sentence, serial constructions and the consecutive constructions.
The second part of the thesis consists of four chapters. The introductory chapter presents the results of the preliminary sociolinguistic survey, conducted with thirty Senar speakers through questionnaires. The three other chapters of this part bear on the analysis of the interviews by exploring the influences of Jula on Senar as concerns phonetic/phonological, grammatical and lexico-semantic aspects.