Relative clause constructions in Nkami

This paper provides a systematic descriptive account of relative clause constructions (RCCs) of Nkami, an endangered Ghanaian language, based on synchronic data. It addresses issues that are of general interest in relativization, typology, syntax and grammaticalization. Among other things, it is obs...

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Autores principales:	Rogers Krobea Asante, Qiuwu Ma
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Publicado:	LibraryPress@UF 2016
Materias:	Nkami relative clauses relativization typology syntax grammaticalization Philology. Linguistics P1-1091
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:e76d0bcf52034314afc4525a2ed1279d2021-11-19T03:52:13ZRelative clause constructions in Nkami10.32473/sal.v45i1.1072560039-35332154-428Xhttps://doaj.org/article/e76d0bcf52034314afc4525a2ed1279d2016-06-01T00:00:00Zhttps://journals.flvc.org/sal/article/view/107256https://doaj.org/toc/0039-3533https://doaj.org/toc/2154-428XThis paper provides a systematic descriptive account of relative clause constructions (RCCs) of Nkami, an endangered Ghanaian language, based on synchronic data. It addresses issues that are of general interest in relativization, typology, syntax and grammaticalization. Among other things, it is observed that in Nkami’s RCCs both the head noun and its referent within the relative clause (RC) are explicitly stated, save when the referent is inanimate in non-subject function. Thus, Nkami is among the very few languages that employ the pronoun retention strategy to obligatorily state relativized NPs in subject position within RCs. It also departs from the norm of some Kwa linguists by recognizing a marker, which is similar in distribution and function to what is so-called ‘Clause (final) Determiner (CD)’, as a Relative Marker (cf. Lefebvre 1993, Saah 2010). Hence, Nkami’s RCC is couched as one that employs a ‘bracket strategy’, where two enclosing relative makers are simultaneously placed at the ends of the RC (cf. Kuteva and Comrie 2005). Moreover, unlike most Kwa languages, the head noun is never flanked by a definite determiner. Lastly, we suggest that both relativizers evolved from demonstratives.Rogers Krobea AsanteQiuwu MaLibraryPress@UFarticleNkamirelative clausesrelativizationtypologysyntaxgrammaticalizationPhilology. LinguisticsP1-1091ENFRStudies in African Linguistics, Vol 45, Iss 1 (2016)
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description	This paper provides a systematic descriptive account of relative clause constructions (RCCs) of Nkami, an endangered Ghanaian language, based on synchronic data. It addresses issues that are of general interest in relativization, typology, syntax and grammaticalization. Among other things, it is observed that in Nkami’s RCCs both the head noun and its referent within the relative clause (RC) are explicitly stated, save when the referent is inanimate in non-subject function. Thus, Nkami is among the very few languages that employ the pronoun retention strategy to obligatorily state relativized NPs in subject position within RCs. It also departs from the norm of some Kwa linguists by recognizing a marker, which is similar in distribution and function to what is so-called ‘Clause (final) Determiner (CD)’, as a Relative Marker (cf. Lefebvre 1993, Saah 2010). Hence, Nkami’s RCC is couched as one that employs a ‘bracket strategy’, where two enclosing relative makers are simultaneously placed at the ends of the RC (cf. Kuteva and Comrie 2005). Moreover, unlike most Kwa languages, the head noun is never flanked by a definite determiner. Lastly, we suggest that both relativizers evolved from demonstratives.
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Relative clause constructions in Nkami

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