The role of tense and aspect in Mbodomo narrative discourse
In Mbodomo, a Gbaya language spoken in Cameroon, the tense/aspect of the verb plays an important role in narrative discourse. In general, tense/aspect is not marked on main clause verbs except in the story setting. Outside of the story setting, tense/aspect inflection is used for marking discontinui...
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oai:doaj.org-article:e8da377345434da49c1120e82b7b149a2021-11-19T03:53:41ZThe role of tense and aspect in Mbodomo narrative discourse10.32473/sal.v29i1.1073680039-35332154-428Xhttps://doaj.org/article/e8da377345434da49c1120e82b7b149a2000-06-01T00:00:00Zhttps://journals.flvc.org/sal/article/view/107368https://doaj.org/toc/0039-3533https://doaj.org/toc/2154-428XIn Mbodomo, a Gbaya language spoken in Cameroon, the tense/aspect of the verb plays an important role in narrative discourse. In general, tense/aspect is not marked on main clause verbs except in the story setting. Outside of the story setting, tense/aspect inflection is used for marking discontinuity of reference (topic, participants), situation (time, location), or action within the narrati ve text.Ginger BoydLibraryPress@UFarticleMbodomoGbayatenseaspectnarrative discoursePhilology. LinguisticsP1-1091ENFRStudies in African Linguistics, Vol 29, Iss 1 (2000) |
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In Mbodomo, a Gbaya language spoken in Cameroon, the tense/aspect of the verb plays an important role in narrative discourse. In general, tense/aspect is not marked on main clause verbs except in the story setting. Outside of the story setting, tense/aspect inflection is used for marking discontinuity of reference (topic, participants), situation (time, location), or action within the narrati ve text. |
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