Causative in Gban
The paper describes ways of expressing causative semantics in Gban: by lexical means (suppletive pairs and lability), by periphrastic means, and by morphological means: the productive derivational suffix ‑kà with broad causative semantics. In the case of suffixal causatives from transitives, a pecu...
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Mandenkan, Langage, Langues et Cultures d’Afrique Noire
2024-12-01
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| description | The paper describes ways of expressing causative semantics in Gban: by lexical means (suppletive pairs and lability), by periphrastic means, and by morphological means: the productive derivational suffix ‑kà with broad causative semantics. In the case of suffixal causatives from transitives, a peculiar “double object” coding pattern is observed, with two preverbal clause-level NP positions. The suffixal causative construction is hypothesized to have grammaticalized from a construction with a causative verb and an unmarked nominalization (as its object), which could itself have two left-side nominal dependents. The hypothesis is supported by a number of independent synchronic facts, including the syntactic properties of nominalizations. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-918a61540e5f4934b6a74db4f3cd6a5f2025-01-10T12:54:57ZengMandenkan, Langage, Langues et Cultures d’Afrique NoireMandenkan2104-371X2024-12-0133810.4000/130bdCausative in GbanMaksim FedotovThe paper describes ways of expressing causative semantics in Gban: by lexical means (suppletive pairs and lability), by periphrastic means, and by morphological means: the productive derivational suffix ‑kà with broad causative semantics. In the case of suffixal causatives from transitives, a peculiar “double object” coding pattern is observed, with two preverbal clause-level NP positions. The suffixal causative construction is hypothesized to have grammaticalized from a construction with a causative verb and an unmarked nominalization (as its object), which could itself have two left-side nominal dependents. The hypothesis is supported by a number of independent synchronic facts, including the syntactic properties of nominalizations.https://journals.openedition.org/mandenkan/3324grammaticalizationGbancausativelabilitydouble objectnominalization |
| spellingShingle | Maksim Fedotov Causative in Gban Mandenkan grammaticalization Gban causative lability double object nominalization |
| title | Causative in Gban |
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| topic | grammaticalization Gban causative lability double object nominalization |
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