Aspect and modality in Kwa languages /

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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...

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Cote:Libro Electrónico
Autres auteurs: Ameka, Felix K., Kropp Dakubu, M. E. (Mary Esther)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., ©2008.
Collection:Studies in language companion series ; v. 100.
Sujets:
Kwa languages.
Langues kwa.
FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY > African Languages.
Kwa languages
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • 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.

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