The borrowing of aspects as lexical tone classes Y-intial Tuareg verbs in Tasawaq
| Autor: | Maarten Kossmann |
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| Jazyk: | English<br />French |
| Rok vydání: | 2007 |
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| Zdroj: | Studies in African Linguistics, Vol 36, Iss 2 (2007) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 0039-3533 2154-428X |
| Popis: | In Tasawaq, a Northern Songhay language of Niger, there exists a lexical tone class distinction between stative and active verbs. This tone class distinction only exists in one class of verbs borrowed from Tuareg, verbs with an initial y-. In this article, I argue that the tone class distinction reflects the Tuareg difference between a Short Perfective aspect, used in active contexts, and a Long Perfective aspect, which is mainly found in stative contexts. In Tasawaq, this aspectual distinction has been reinterpreted as a difference in lexical class. |
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