The temporal role of eastern Bantu -ba and -li

In the eastern Bantu languages forms of the verb 'be', -ba and/or -I i , are commonly employed in complex constructions in which they take sentential{-like) complements. Though often considered to be semantically empty in these constructions, they are analyzed here as shifters, having both...

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Auteur principal:	Robert Botne
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Langue:	EN FR
Publié:	LibraryPress@UF 1986
Sujets:	Bantu verb 'to be' complementation shifters complementizer Philology. Linguistics P1-1091
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:2883ceb84b44453c8d4906bea907f8222021-11-19T03:55:11ZThe temporal role of eastern Bantu -ba and -li10.32473/sal.v17i3.1074840039-35332154-428Xhttps://doaj.org/article/2883ceb84b44453c8d4906bea907f8221986-12-01T00:00:00Zhttps://journals.flvc.org/sal/article/view/107484https://doaj.org/toc/0039-3533https://doaj.org/toc/2154-428XIn the eastern Bantu languages forms of the verb 'be', -ba and/or -I i , are commonly employed in complex constructions in which they take sentential{-like) complements. Though often considered to be semantically empty in these constructions, they are analyzed here as shifters, having both referential and indexical properties. As such they function to establish additional parameters to the temporal framework in which the narrated event is to be interpreted.Robert BotneLibraryPress@UFarticleBantuverb 'to be'complementationshifterscomplementizerPhilology. LinguisticsP1-1091ENFRStudies in African Linguistics, Vol 17, Iss 3 (1986)
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description	In the eastern Bantu languages forms of the verb 'be', -ba and/or -I i , are commonly employed in complex constructions in which they take sentential{-like) complements. Though often considered to be semantically empty in these constructions, they are analyzed here as shifters, having both referential and indexical properties. As such they function to establish additional parameters to the temporal framework in which the narrated event is to be interpreted.
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The temporal role of eastern Bantu -ba and -li

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