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Adjectival agreement vs. adverbial inflection in Balanta
- Source :
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Lingua . Feb2004, Vol. 114 Issue 2, p105. 19p. - Publication Year :
- 2004
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Abstract
- Adjectives modifying singular human nouns in the Ganja dialect of Balanta bear one of two prefixes: u- and a-. It is argued that these prefixes represent two different types of inflection, agreement (u-) and adverbial marking (a-). Alternative analyses based on stage-level vs. individual-level interpretations of adjectives and the individual-event distinction are shown to be insufficient. Finally, the set of adjectival agreement prefixes occurring in other Balanta dialects is considered, and a diachronic explanation based on Kuryl̵owicz's laws of analogical change and Lass’ theory of linguistic exaptation is proposed [J Linguistics 26 (1990) 79–102]. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]
- Subjects :
- *INFLECTION (Grammar)
*DIALECTS
*NOUNS
*ADJECTIVALS (Grammar)
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00243841
- Volume :
- 114
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Lingua
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 11467087
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/S0024-3841(03)00020-2