Agreement with conjoined arguments in Kuria
| Autor: | Michael Diercks, Linsay Meyer, Mary Paster |
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| Jazyk: | English<br />French |
| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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| Zdroj: | Studies in African Linguistics, Vol 44, Iss 1 (2015) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 0039-3533 2154-428X |
| Popis: | How languages solve the grammatical problem of agreeing with conjoined arguments is a well-known area of cross-linguistic variation. This paper describes these patterns for Kuria (Bantu, Kenya), documenting a pattern of agreement that has not been previously reported. We show the relevant patterns involving a range of noun classes, showing that human noun classes trigger different effects than non-human noun classes. We also demonstrate distinctions in the grammar between subject marking and object marking: whereas subject marking allows for resolved agreement forms, object marking does not. The paper also includes a brief survey of notable patterns in other Bantu languages to put Kuria in a relevant context. |
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