Dogon pronominal systems their nature and evolution

The Dogon language family has received little attention in the linguistics literature to date. In this paper we examine the binding properties of the pronominal systems of three Dogon languages, Donno S:>, T:>r:> S:>, and Togo Ka. We also posit the pronominal system of their common ances...

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Autores principales: Cristopher Culy, Kungarma Kodio
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:24323ea575eb42e39bde5ef55b0a88552021-11-19T03:54:11ZDogon pronominal systems their nature and evolution10.32473/sal.v23i3.1074110039-35332154-428Xhttps://doaj.org/article/24323ea575eb42e39bde5ef55b0a88551994-06-01T00:00:00Zhttps://journals.flvc.org/sal/article/view/107411https://doaj.org/toc/0039-3533https://doaj.org/toc/2154-428XThe Dogon language family has received little attention in the linguistics literature to date. In this paper we examine the binding properties of the pronominal systems of three Dogon languages, Donno S:>, T:>r:> S:>, and Togo Ka. We also posit the pronominal system of their common ancestor, and the changes from the common ancestor to the contemporary languages. In doing so, we find two ways in which languages can lose logophoricity: (1) the logophoric pronoun becomes a subject oriented reflexive, and (2) the logophoric pronoun is lost without any reflex. The Dogon languages thus give us insight into the nature of pronominal systems and how they evolve.Cristopher CulyKungarma KodioLibraryPress@UFarticleDogonbindingpronounslogophoricityPhilology. LinguisticsP1-1091ENFRStudies in African Linguistics, Vol 23, Iss 3 (1994)
institution DOAJ
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language EN
FR
topic Dogon
binding
pronouns
logophoricity
Philology. Linguistics
P1-1091
spellingShingle Dogon
binding
pronouns
logophoricity
Philology. Linguistics
P1-1091
Cristopher Culy
Kungarma Kodio
Dogon pronominal systems their nature and evolution
description The Dogon language family has received little attention in the linguistics literature to date. In this paper we examine the binding properties of the pronominal systems of three Dogon languages, Donno S:>, T:>r:> S:>, and Togo Ka. We also posit the pronominal system of their common ancestor, and the changes from the common ancestor to the contemporary languages. In doing so, we find two ways in which languages can lose logophoricity: (1) the logophoric pronoun becomes a subject oriented reflexive, and (2) the logophoric pronoun is lost without any reflex. The Dogon languages thus give us insight into the nature of pronominal systems and how they evolve.
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Kungarma Kodio
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title Dogon pronominal systems their nature and evolution
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