A Grammar of a Susu Xutuba

Publisher: Free University of Amsterdam
Number of pages: 44The present study proposes to analyze Susu discourse grammar in the specific context of a xutuba. Four different sermons were transcribed and one was chosen as the most complete and representative. The text of this sermon will be presented in such a way as to give the reader the opportunity to see the original grammar and an English translation at the same time. The layout will consist of two columns. The column on the left provides the reader with the Susu text, indented according to phrase subordination. The column on the right will offer the reader a semi-literal translation, which is understandable, yet formal enough to display key grammatical elements of the original.