Document Type

Working Paper

Publication Date

9-2012

Subjects

Bullom So language, Atlantic languages -- Word order, Niger-Congo languages, Tense (Grammar), Languages in contact

Abstract

Provides the outline of a paper that examines Proto-Niger-Congo features; the classification of Atlantic languages; The VP in Bulom and Atlantic, TNS-OP; A contact explanation: S-AUX-O-V-X from Mande; Other explanations, internal to Bullom, internal to Atlantic, and elsewhere; and comparison to (speculations as to) reconstructed Niger-Congo.

Description

Materials for discussion provided to Towards Proto-Niger-Congo: Comparison and Reconstruction, International Congress held September 2012, Paris. More information available at http://llacan.vjf.cnrs.fr/fichiers/nigercongo/.

Persistent Identifier

https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/27693

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