From preposition to plural marker and more grammaticalization of Kuche bānà
While most Benue-Congo languages of West Africa retain only vestiges of a noun class system, Kuche, a language of Central Nigeria, has an extensive system similar in many ways to Bantu systems. One unusual feature of the system is the form ban( a), used to pluralize, for example, kin terms such as &...
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Main Author: | Janet Wilson |
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Language: | EN FR |
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LibraryPress@UF
2002
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Online Access: | https://doaj.org/article/cdab3568224043b092e1237fe3e32752 |
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