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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| Main Author: | Robert A. Leonard |
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| Format: | article |
| Language: | EN FR |
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LibraryPress@UF
1985
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| Online Access: | https://doaj.org/article/06804fd81f604801a8672375572c1047 |
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