Aspect and modality in Kwa languages
This book explores the thesis that in the Kwa languages of West Africa, aspect and modality are more central to the grammar of the verb than tense. Where tense marking has emerged it is invariably in the expression of the future, and therefore concerned with the impending actualization or potentiali...
| Otros Autores: | , |
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam ; Philadelphia :
John Benjamins Pub. Co
2008.
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| Colección: | EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
Studies in language companion series ; v. 100. |
| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b31607263*spi |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction / Felix K. Ameka and M.E. Kropp Dakubu
- Tense, aspect and mood in Akan / L.A. Boadi
- Akan as an aspectual language / E. Kweku Osam
- Ga verb features / M.E. Kropp Dakubu
- Aspect and modality in Ewe : a survey / Felix K. Ameka
- The potential morpheme in Ewe / James Essegbey
- Imperfective constructions : progressive and prospective in Ewe and Dangme / Felix K. Ameka and M.E. Kropp Dakubu
- Tense, aspect and mood in Tuwuli / Matthew Harley.
