Majang nominal plurals with comparative notes

This paper describes the complex Majang system of noun plural formation. Majang uses singulative suffixes, plural suffixes, and suppletive plural stems to mark number on nouns. Majang is seen to exemplify in many ways the *N/*K pattern of singular and plural marking as described by Bryan [1968] for...

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Autor principal:	Peter Unseth
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Lenguaje:	EN FR
Publicado:	LibraryPress@UF 1988
Materias:	Majang plural morphology singular suffix suppletion Surma Philology. Linguistics P1-1091
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:0bcacd916d944701b6f23f77d2ee2e572021-11-19T03:54:52ZMajang nominal plurals with comparative notes10.32473/sal.v19i1.1074680039-35332154-428Xhttps://doaj.org/article/0bcacd916d944701b6f23f77d2ee2e571988-04-01T00:00:00Zhttps://journals.flvc.org/sal/article/view/107468https://doaj.org/toc/0039-3533https://doaj.org/toc/2154-428XThis paper describes the complex Majang system of noun plural formation. Majang uses singulative suffixes, plural suffixes, and suppletive plural stems to mark number on nouns. Majang is seen to exemplify in many ways the N/K pattern of singular and plural marking as described by Bryan [1968] for many Nilo-Saharan languages. Tiersma's [1982] theory of "Local Markedness" is shown to provide an explanation for singulative marking on some nouns in Majang and other Surma languages. A comparison of Majang noun plurals with plural forms in other Surma languages allows the reconstruction of some number marking for Proto-Surma.Peter UnsethLibraryPress@UFarticleMajangpluralmorphologysingular suffixsuppletionSurmaPhilology. LinguisticsP1-1091ENFRStudies in African Linguistics, Vol 19, Iss 1 (1988)
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topic	Majang plural morphology singular suffix suppletion Surma Philology. Linguistics P1-1091
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description	This paper describes the complex Majang system of noun plural formation. Majang uses singulative suffixes, plural suffixes, and suppletive plural stems to mark number on nouns. Majang is seen to exemplify in many ways the N/K pattern of singular and plural marking as described by Bryan [1968] for many Nilo-Saharan languages. Tiersma's [1982] theory of "Local Markedness" is shown to provide an explanation for singulative marking on some nouns in Majang and other Surma languages. A comparison of Majang noun plurals with plural forms in other Surma languages allows the reconstruction of some number marking for Proto-Surma.
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Majang nominal plurals with comparative notes

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