Caritive constructions in Mwan
| Autor: | Elena Perekhvalskaya |
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| Rok vydání: | 2022 |
| Zdroj: | Language in Africa. 3:181-195 |
| ISSN: | 2686-8946 |
| DOI: | 10.37892/2686-8946-2022-3-2-181-195 |
| Popis: | The paper deals with strategies for expressing caritive meanings in Mwan (Niger-Congo < Mande < South Mande). The difference between the strategies used in Mwan and in some other languages of the same family (Gban, Looma, Bambara) is discussed. Conclusions are made about the grammaticalization of constructions with the suffix -kle and the postposition blaan into specialized caritive means. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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