The Expression of Phasal Polarity in African Languages /

The Expression of Phasal Polarity in African Languages / / ed. by Raija Kramer.

The book provides insights into the systems and strategies of expressing the Phasal Polarity (PhP) concepts ALREADY, STILL, NOT YET and NO LONGER in African languages. Special emphasis is laid on careful examination of the functional spectrum and paradigmatic affiliation of PhP expressions. The book...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Ebook Package English 2021
MitwirkendeR:
Auwera, Johan van der,
Bernander, Rasmus,
Devos, Maud,
Dombrowsky-Hahn, Klaudia,
Fanego, Axel,
Fehn, Anne-Maria,
Guérois, Rozenn,
Idiatov, Dmitry,
Kießling, Roland,
Kramer, Raija L.,
Köhler, Bernhard,
Li, Lijun,
Mekamgoum, Solange,
Mitchell, Alice,
Molochieva, Zarina,
Namyalo, Saudah,
Nassenstein, Nico,
Pasch, Helma,
Persohn, Bastian,
Siemund, Peter,
Treis, Yvonne,
Veselinova, Ljuba,
Witzlack-Makarevich, Alena,
Ziegelmeyer, Georg,
HerausgeberIn:
Kramer, Raija,
Place / Publishing House:Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2021]
©2021
Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
Series:Empirical Approaches to Language Typology [EALT] , 63
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Physical Description:1 online resource (IX, 547 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Acknowledgments
  • Contents
  • I Introduction
  • Introduction: The expression of phasal polarity in African languages
  • Phasal polarity – warnings from earlier research
  • II Phasal polarity expressions in African languages
  • The phasal polarity marker -(a)kona in Manda and its history
  • Phasal Polarity in Ruuli (Bantu, JE.103)
  • Phasal polarity in Lingala and Sango
  • Phasal polarity in Nyakyusa (Bantu, M31)
  • The expression of phasal polarity in Cuwabo (Bantu P34, Mozambique)
  • Phasal polarity in Isu – and beyond
  • Phasal polarity in Ŋgə̂mbà
  • Phasal polarity expressions in Fula varieties of northern Cameroon
  • Phasal polarity expressions in Bambara (Mande): Pragmatic distinctions and semantics
  • What about phasal polarity expressions in Hausa – Are there any?
  • The expression of phasal polarity in Kambaata (Cushitic)
  • Phasal Polarity in Amazigh varieties
  • Phasal polarity expressions in Ometo languages (Ethiopia)
  • Phasal polarity in Khwe and Ts’ixa (Kalahari Khoe)
  • Phasal polarity in Barabaiga and Gisamjanga Datooga (Nilotic): Interactions with tense, aspect, and participant expectation
  • III Grammaticalization processes and historical developments of phasal polarity expressions in African languages
  • NOT YET expressions as a lexico-grammatical category in Bantu languages
  • The historical relation between clause-final negation markers and phasal polarity expressions in Sub-Saharan Africa
  • From phasal polarity expression to aspectual marker: Grammaticalization of already in Asian and African varieties of English
  • Index

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