Issues in noun classification and noun class assignment in Gujjolay Eegimaa (Banjal) and other Joola languages

In his book on gender Corbett observes that establishing the number of genders or noun classes in a given language ‘can be the subject of interminable dispute’ (1991: 145). Jóola like Gújjolaay Eegimaa (bqj, Atlantic, Niger-Congo) have noun class systems exhibiting irregular singular-plural matching...

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Autor principal:	Serge Sagna
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Publicado:	LibraryPress@UF 2010
Materias:	gender noun class Joola Eegimaa agreement Philology. Linguistics P1-1091
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:16835327653349c584b4b416f85d6aab2021-11-19T03:52:41ZIssues in noun classification and noun class assignment in Gujjolay Eegimaa (Banjal) and other Joola languages10.32473/sal.v39i1.1072860039-35332154-428Xhttps://doaj.org/article/16835327653349c584b4b416f85d6aab2010-06-01T00:00:00Zhttps://journals.flvc.org/sal/article/view/107286https://doaj.org/toc/0039-3533https://doaj.org/toc/2154-428XIn his book on gender Corbett observes that establishing the number of genders or noun classes in a given language ‘can be the subject of interminable dispute’ (1991: 145). Jóola like Gújjolaay Eegimaa (bqj, Atlantic, Niger-Congo) have noun class systems exhibiting irregular singular-plural matchings and complex agreement correspondences between controller nouns and their targets, resulting in endless disagreements among authors in Jóola linguistics. This paper addresses the issues surrounding noun class assignment in Gújjolaay Eegimaa (Eegimaa henceforth) and other Jóola languages. It provides a critical evaluation of the noun class assignment criteria used for those languages and proposes cross-linguistic and language-specific diagnostic criteria to account for the noun class system of Eegimaa and other related languages that exhibit a similar system.Serge SagnaLibraryPress@UFarticlegendernoun classJoolaEegimaaagreementPhilology. LinguisticsP1-1091ENFRStudies in African Linguistics, Vol 39, Iss 1 (2010)
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description	In his book on gender Corbett observes that establishing the number of genders or noun classes in a given language ‘can be the subject of interminable dispute’ (1991: 145). Jóola like Gújjolaay Eegimaa (bqj, Atlantic, Niger-Congo) have noun class systems exhibiting irregular singular-plural matchings and complex agreement correspondences between controller nouns and their targets, resulting in endless disagreements among authors in Jóola linguistics. This paper addresses the issues surrounding noun class assignment in Gújjolaay Eegimaa (Eegimaa henceforth) and other Jóola languages. It provides a critical evaluation of the noun class assignment criteria used for those languages and proposes cross-linguistic and language-specific diagnostic criteria to account for the noun class system of Eegimaa and other related languages that exhibit a similar system.
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title	Issues in noun classification and noun class assignment in Gujjolay Eegimaa (Banjal) and other Joola languages
title_short	Issues in noun classification and noun class assignment in Gujjolay Eegimaa (Banjal) and other Joola languages
title_full	Issues in noun classification and noun class assignment in Gujjolay Eegimaa (Banjal) and other Joola languages
title_fullStr	Issues in noun classification and noun class assignment in Gujjolay Eegimaa (Banjal) and other Joola languages
title_full_unstemmed	Issues in noun classification and noun class assignment in Gujjolay Eegimaa (Banjal) and other Joola languages
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Issues in noun classification and noun class assignment in Gujjolay Eegimaa (Banjal) and other Joola languages

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