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eprints-32651
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| recordtype |
eprints
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| institution |
SOAS, University of London
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| collection |
SOAS Research Online
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| language |
English
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| language_search |
English
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| topic |
P Philology. Linguistics
PL Languages and literatures of Eastern Asia, Africa, Oceania
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| description |
This article describes two distinct but related grammaticalization paths in Barayin, an East Chadic language. One path is from a first-person plural pronoun to a first-person dual pronoun. Synchronically, the pronominal forms in Barayin with first-person dual number must now be combined with a plural addressee enclitic, nà, to create a first-person plural pronoun. This path is identical to what has been documented in Philippine-type languages. The other path is from a first-person dative suffix to a suffix dedicated to first-person hortative. This path of grammaticalization has not been discussed in the literature. It occurred in several related languages, and each case results in a hortative form with a dual subject. Hortative forms with a plural subject are created by adding a plural addressee marker to the dual form. The plural addressee marker in Chadic languages is derived from a second-person pronominal.
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| format |
Journal Article
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| author |
Lovestrand, Joseph
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| author_facet |
Lovestrand, Joseph
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| authorStr |
Lovestrand, Joseph
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| author_letter |
Lovestrand, Joseph
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| title |
Plural addressee marker and grammaticalization in Barayin
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| publisher |
Brill
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| publishDate |
2018
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| url |
https://eprints.soas.ac.uk/32651/
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