Toward a typology of directional motion for African Languages

This paper examines the syntactic and semantic expression of basic directional motion and its manner counterparts across the four language phyla of Africa. We sample languages from each phylum, concentrating on basic, non-deictic, directional motion and its counterpart in which motion, direction, an...

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Main Authors: Ronald P. Schaefer, Richard Gaines
Format: article
Language:EN
FR
Published: LibraryPress@UF 1997
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/a89dae63b19a4409a37abdff27fc2bab
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