What does that Lugwere demonstrative refer to? A semantic analysis of proximity and exteriority

The Bantu language Lugwere (Uganda, JE17) has what at first sight appears to be a typical three-way distinction in its demonstratives, with a proximal, medial, and distal series of demonstratives. Upon closer inspection, however, the second series in Lugwere can also be used for distal and anaphori...

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Autores principales:	Dorothy Ahn, Jenneke van der Wal
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Publicado:	LibraryPress@UF 2019
Materias:	anaphoricity demonstratives semantics Bantu Lugwere Philology. Linguistics P1-1091
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:76e8260d31404863af28d88d50a3c7022021-11-19T03:51:59ZWhat does that Lugwere demonstrative refer to? A semantic analysis of proximity and exteriority10.32473/sal.v48i1.1149270039-35332154-428Xhttps://doaj.org/article/76e8260d31404863af28d88d50a3c7022019-07-01T00:00:00Zhttps://journals.flvc.org/sal/article/view/114927https://doaj.org/toc/0039-3533https://doaj.org/toc/2154-428X The Bantu language Lugwere (Uganda, JE17) has what at first sight appears to be a typical three-way distinction in its demonstratives, with a proximal, medial, and distal series of demonstratives. Upon closer inspection, however, the second series in Lugwere can also be used for distal and anaphoric referents, whereas the third series has a more restricted use. We propose a better fitting semantic analysis in terms of the features [±proximal] and [±exterior], the latter referring to the status of a referent being inside or outside a certain perimeter, which is set by either the spatial environment of the conversation or the constantly updated discourse ground. This captures the semantic distinctions in the three series of demonstratives in Lugwere and provides an insight into the building blocks of demonstrative meaning. Dorothy AhnJenneke van der WalLibraryPress@UFarticleanaphoricitydemonstrativessemanticsBantuLugwerePhilology. LinguisticsP1-1091ENFRStudies in African Linguistics, Vol 48, Iss 1 (2019)
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spellingShingle	anaphoricity demonstratives semantics Bantu Lugwere Philology. Linguistics P1-1091 Dorothy Ahn Jenneke van der Wal What does that Lugwere demonstrative refer to? A semantic analysis of proximity and exteriority
description	The Bantu language Lugwere (Uganda, JE17) has what at first sight appears to be a typical three-way distinction in its demonstratives, with a proximal, medial, and distal series of demonstratives. Upon closer inspection, however, the second series in Lugwere can also be used for distal and anaphoric referents, whereas the third series has a more restricted use. We propose a better fitting semantic analysis in terms of the features [±proximal] and [±exterior], the latter referring to the status of a referent being inside or outside a certain perimeter, which is set by either the spatial environment of the conversation or the constantly updated discourse ground. This captures the semantic distinctions in the three series of demonstratives in Lugwere and provides an insight into the building blocks of demonstrative meaning.
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title	What does that Lugwere demonstrative refer to? A semantic analysis of proximity and exteriority
title_short	What does that Lugwere demonstrative refer to? A semantic analysis of proximity and exteriority
title_full	What does that Lugwere demonstrative refer to? A semantic analysis of proximity and exteriority
title_fullStr	What does that Lugwere demonstrative refer to? A semantic analysis of proximity and exteriority
title_full_unstemmed	What does that Lugwere demonstrative refer to? A semantic analysis of proximity and exteriority
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What does that Lugwere demonstrative refer to? A semantic analysis of proximity and exteriority

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