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Publikováno v:
Linguistik Online, Vol 94, Iss 1 (2019)
This paper examines transparent and non-transparent diminutive forms in Akan and the range of meanings associated with each group, as presented in Appah/Amfo (2011). It takes the discussion of Akan diminutives a step further by showing that some of t
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https://doaj.org/article/3fe7eb708e4c40078a443d1eedc0978a
Publikováno v:
Nordic Journal of African Studies, Vol 26, Iss 1 (2017)
This paper discusses two consumption verbs in Akan (Niger-Congo, Kwa), dí ‘to eat’ and nóḿ ‘to drink’. The study argues that in addition to their basic meanings, the verbs serve as rich sources of metaphorical extensions. Starting from
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https://doaj.org/article/0b234cebfcc64966a674b52b1b4a407e
Publikováno v:
Studies in African Linguistics, Vol 44, Iss 2 (2015)
In this study, we undertook an experiment in which native speakers of Akan were given serial verbs both with and without oblique non-verbal elements (such as relator nouns, direct objects, postpositions, etc.) and asked them to construct Serial Verb
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https://doaj.org/article/df8997dc00844b7ab958d6465f6053d7
Publikováno v:
Nordic Journal of African Studies, Vol 23, Iss 4 (2014)
This paper provides a linguistic analysis of English loanwords in Akan (Niger Congo, Kwa). Using data from the sporting, political and socio-economic domains, we consider phonological and morphological issues that pertain with English loanwords in Ak
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/f70ae796f8374955bc89e99364f48b3e
Publikováno v:
Lexis: Journal in English Lexicology, Vol 6 (2011)
The present paper is concerned with the diminutive morpheme -wa/-ba in Akan. It examines the form, the origin and the various meanings associated with diminutive forms in the language. We attribute the origin of the diminutive to the lexical word for
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https://doaj.org/article/286d66a996234c04bcf000d6e044ac5c
Autor:
Nana Aba Appiah Amfo
Publikováno v:
Pragmatics. Quarterly Publication of the International Pragmatics Association (IPrA). :27-41
Noun phrase conjunction in Akan (Niger-Congo, Kwa) is performed by placing a connective between two noun phrases, but there is some variation in the forms used in the major dialects. In the Twi dialects the connective is ne, but Fante speakers may us
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https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_________::10ec4e077f7adb6ebebe06ab489ebd3b
https://doi.org/10.1075/prag.20.1.02amf
https://doi.org/10.1075/prag.20.1.02amf
Autor:
Nana Aba Appiah Amfo
Publikováno v:
Pragmatics. Quarterly Publication of the International Pragmatics Association (IPrA). :151-168
The linguistic phenomenon of recurrence is identified in two aspects; either as a repetition of an action or a restoration to a former state. This paper examines two lexical items, an auxiliary verb san and an adverb (e)bio, which encode this phenome
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https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_________::35d393adeb563c778ca0cdd479620a2a
https://doi.org/10.1075/prag.15.2-3.01amf
https://doi.org/10.1075/prag.15.2-3.01amf
Publikováno v:
Southernizing Sociolinguistics ISBN: 9781003219590
Externí odkaz:
https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_________::c62693cdb4e5586e36b4f8cb53761bfe
https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003219590-11
https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003219590-11
Publikováno v:
Cognitive Semantics. 7:54-84
This paper presents a proposal on the form-function correlation between direct causation and non-periphrastic causatives on one hand, and indirect causation and periphrastic causatives on the other hand. The study argues that notions of direct and in
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https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_________::f17bfed81e2f7e9136b01569ae0422af
https://doi.org/10.1163/23526416-07010001
https://doi.org/10.1163/23526416-07010001
Autor:
Nana Aba Appiah Amfo
Publikováno v:
International Journal of the Sociology of Language. 2021:21-26
This article examines the issue of joint authorship in (socio)linguistic publications. On the assumption that research work in the humanities has traditionally been performed on a “lone scholar” basis, discussion of authorship attribution has not
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https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_________::dcb1dbcff357f56833b35c3bdab6a6cd
https://doi.org/10.1515/ijsl-2020-0078
https://doi.org/10.1515/ijsl-2020-0078