Comparison in Bambara an infinitival verb phrase

An infinitival verb phrase is generated to express comparison in Bambara. In particular, the comparative verb INFINITIVE MARKER + INTRANSITIVE phrase has the structure: VERB + NP + POSTPOSITION. The structural constraints on the comparative verb phrase are not specific to comparison, but are the mor...

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Autor principal:	Jan Charles-Luce
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Publicado:	LibraryPress@UF 1986
Materias:	infinitive verb syntax Bambara comparatives Philology. Linguistics P1-1091
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:052acea8b27e41bc84bd5448886c81072021-11-19T03:55:14ZComparison in Bambara an infinitival verb phrase10.32473/sal.v17i2.1074880039-35332154-428Xhttps://doaj.org/article/052acea8b27e41bc84bd5448886c81071986-08-01T00:00:00Zhttps://journals.flvc.org/sal/article/view/107488https://doaj.org/toc/0039-3533https://doaj.org/toc/2154-428XAn infinitival verb phrase is generated to express comparison in Bambara. In particular, the comparative verb INFINITIVE MARKER + INTRANSITIVE phrase has the structure: VERB + NP + POSTPOSITION. The structural constraints on the comparative verb phrase are not specific to comparison, but are the more general constraints resulting from concatenating verb phrases. However, a special structural and pragmatic relation is established between the head clause and the comparative infinitival verb phrase. This relation has consequences for the structure of the NP in the comparative phrase and for deletion of lexical items within the comparative phrase. In this respect, the comparative infinitival phrase behaves differently from non-comparative infinitival verb phrases.Jan Charles-LuceLibraryPress@UFarticleinfinitive verbsyntaxBambaracomparativesPhilology. LinguisticsP1-1091ENFRStudies in African Linguistics, Vol 17, Iss 2 (1986)
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description	An infinitival verb phrase is generated to express comparison in Bambara. In particular, the comparative verb INFINITIVE MARKER + INTRANSITIVE phrase has the structure: VERB + NP + POSTPOSITION. The structural constraints on the comparative verb phrase are not specific to comparison, but are the more general constraints resulting from concatenating verb phrases. However, a special structural and pragmatic relation is established between the head clause and the comparative infinitival verb phrase. This relation has consequences for the structure of the NP in the comparative phrase and for deletion of lexical items within the comparative phrase. In this respect, the comparative infinitival phrase behaves differently from non-comparative infinitival verb phrases.
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Comparison in Bambara an infinitival verb phrase

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