Morphological classes and gender in ɓə́ná (Yungur)
| Autor: | Van De Velde, Mark, Idiatov, Dmitry |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Langage, LAngues et Cultures d'Afrique Noire (LLACAN), Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales (Inalco)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), ANR-11-IDEX-0005,USPC,Université Sorbonne Paris Cité(2011), Langage, LAngues et Cultures d'Afrique (LLACAN), Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales (Inalco)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), projet AdaGram dans le cadre du programme 'Emergence(s)' de la Ville de Paris, Shigeki Kaji, Idiatov, Dmitry, Université Sorbonne Paris Cité - - USPC2011 - ANR-11-IDEX-0005 - IDEX - VALID |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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Adamawa languages
African languages [SHS.LANGUE] Humanities and Social Sciences/Linguistics historical linguistics Niger-Congo languages stacking affix stacking morphology gender noun classes Bena-Yungur [SHS.LANGUE]Humanities and Social Sciences/Linguistics African languages and linguistics ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS morphological classes |
| Zdroj: | 8th World Congress of African Linguistics 8th World Congress of African Linguistics, Aug 2015, Kyoto, Japan 46th Annual Conference on African Linguistics 46th Annual Conference on African Linguistics, Mar 2015, Eugene, United States Proceedings of the 8th World Congress of African Linguistics Shigeki Kaji. Proceedings of the 8th World Congress of African Linguistics, Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, pp.53-65, 2017 |
| Popis: | International audience; This paper provides an analysis of the gender system of Ɓə́ná-Yungur (glottocode: bena1260), distinguishing noun classes proper, defined as agreement classes, from morphological classes, defined in terms of number marking on nouns. The gender system is typologically unusual in its symmetry and simplicity. Ɓə́ná-Yungur has three noun classes in the singular and the same three classes in the plural. All logically possible singular-plural pairings are attested, except one. Morphological classes are much more numerous than noun classes and they show a high degree of singular-plural polarity. We argue that many of the morphological class markers are historically stacked, and therefore that their high number does not reflect a complex proto-system. This is important, because the comparison of noun class systems is used as the main criterion for the genealogical classification of languages currently classified as Adamawa and Gur. |
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