Swahili demonstratives evaluating the validity of competing semantic hypotheses

Swahili demonstratives h- and -Ie have traditionally been analysed to mean "proximity" and "non-proximity" respectively. However, this analysis fails in that it can only account for a small part of the distribution of these forms in actual texts. This paper suggests that meanings...

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Autor principal:	Robert A. Leonard
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Lenguaje:	EN FR
Publicado:	LibraryPress@UF 1985
Materias:	Swahili demonstratives proximity referent Philology. Linguistics P1-1091
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:06804fd81f604801a8672375572c10472021-11-19T03:55:22ZSwahili demonstratives evaluating the validity of competing semantic hypotheses10.32473/sal.v16i3.1074980039-35332154-428Xhttps://doaj.org/article/06804fd81f604801a8672375572c10471985-12-01T00:00:00Zhttps://journals.flvc.org/sal/article/view/107498https://doaj.org/toc/0039-3533https://doaj.org/toc/2154-428XSwahili demonstratives h- and -Ie have traditionally been analysed to mean "proximity" and "non-proximity" respectively. However, this analysis fails in that it can only account for a small part of the distribution of these forms in actual texts. This paper suggests that meanings dealing with the speaker's relative concentration of attention on a referent are better able to account for the actual distribution of these forms. To validate this claim we will (1) show the relation of proximity to noteworthiness and thus explain the same range of data as the proximity hypothesis; (2) uncover other factors, e.g. new items, thematically important items, that override proximity and show their relation to noteworthiness to explain data not accounted for by the proximity hypothesis.Robert A. LeonardLibraryPress@UFarticleSwahilidemonstrativesproximityreferentPhilology. LinguisticsP1-1091ENFRStudies in African Linguistics, Vol 16, Iss 3 (1985)
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description	Swahili demonstratives h- and -Ie have traditionally been analysed to mean "proximity" and "non-proximity" respectively. However, this analysis fails in that it can only account for a small part of the distribution of these forms in actual texts. This paper suggests that meanings dealing with the speaker's relative concentration of attention on a referent are better able to account for the actual distribution of these forms. To validate this claim we will (1) show the relation of proximity to noteworthiness and thus explain the same range of data as the proximity hypothesis; (2) uncover other factors, e.g. new items, thematically important items, that override proximity and show their relation to noteworthiness to explain data not accounted for by the proximity hypothesis.
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title	Swahili demonstratives evaluating the validity of competing semantic hypotheses
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Swahili demonstratives evaluating the validity of competing semantic hypotheses

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