Basic motion verbs in Nyakusa: lexical semantics and associated motion

This paper gives a descriptive account of the lexical semantics of seven basic verbs of translational motion in Nyakyusa (Bantu, M31), together with a description of the meaning and use of another motion verb that has grammaticalized to a marker of associated motion. The findings include, among othe...

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Autor principal:	Bastian Persohn
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Lenguaje:	EN FR
Publicado:	LibraryPress@UF 2018
Materias:	Nyakyusa Bantu semantics motion Philology. Linguistics P1-1091
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:c06b21d864194d649c7f71292013344d2021-11-19T03:52:00ZBasic motion verbs in Nyakusa: lexical semantics and associated motion10.32473/sal.v47i1.1076550039-35332154-428Xhttps://doaj.org/article/c06b21d864194d649c7f71292013344d2018-12-01T00:00:00Zhttps://journals.flvc.org/sal/article/view/107655https://doaj.org/toc/0039-3533https://doaj.org/toc/2154-428XThis paper gives a descriptive account of the lexical semantics of seven basic verbs of translational motion in Nyakyusa (Bantu, M31), together with a description of the meaning and use of another motion verb that has grammaticalized to a marker of associated motion. The findings include, among other things, that Nyakyusa’s most simple verb of motion encodes solely a motion path and that only the ʻcomeʼ-verb, but none of the ʻgoʼ-verbs, encodes reference to the deictic centre. Applying a microcomparative perspective, the choice of ʻgoʼ-verb that has grammaticalized to a marker of associated motion is explained based on the relative salience assigned to the goal vis-àvis the path.Bastian PersohnLibraryPress@UFarticleNyakyusaBantusemanticsmotionPhilology. LinguisticsP1-1091ENFRStudies in African Linguistics, Vol 47, Iss 1 (2018)
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topic	Nyakyusa Bantu semantics motion Philology. Linguistics P1-1091
spellingShingle	Nyakyusa Bantu semantics motion Philology. Linguistics P1-1091 Bastian Persohn Basic motion verbs in Nyakusa: lexical semantics and associated motion
description	This paper gives a descriptive account of the lexical semantics of seven basic verbs of translational motion in Nyakyusa (Bantu, M31), together with a description of the meaning and use of another motion verb that has grammaticalized to a marker of associated motion. The findings include, among other things, that Nyakyusa’s most simple verb of motion encodes solely a motion path and that only the ʻcomeʼ-verb, but none of the ʻgoʼ-verbs, encodes reference to the deictic centre. Applying a microcomparative perspective, the choice of ʻgoʼ-verb that has grammaticalized to a marker of associated motion is explained based on the relative salience assigned to the goal vis-àvis the path.
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title	Basic motion verbs in Nyakusa: lexical semantics and associated motion
title_short	Basic motion verbs in Nyakusa: lexical semantics and associated motion
title_full	Basic motion verbs in Nyakusa: lexical semantics and associated motion
title_fullStr	Basic motion verbs in Nyakusa: lexical semantics and associated motion
title_full_unstemmed	Basic motion verbs in Nyakusa: lexical semantics and associated motion
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Basic motion verbs in Nyakusa: lexical semantics and associated motion

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