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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Main Author: | Robert Botne |
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Language: | EN FR |
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LibraryPress@UF
1986
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Online Access: | https://doaj.org/article/2883ceb84b44453c8d4906bea907f822 |
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