Document Type
Article
Publication Date
9-2014
Subjects
Niger-Congo languages -- Verb, Atlantic languages, Linguistic change, Tense (Grammar)
Abstract
This paper contributes to the understanding of Proto-Niger-Congo (PNC) verb structure. It supports the contention in Nurse 2007 that PNC verbs were likely more analytical than synthetic in nature. It does so by illustrating several paths of grammaticalization (and cliticization), in a set of several far-west Atlantic languages, geographically distant from the Niger-Congo core.
Persistent Identifier
https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/27706
Citation Details
Childs, George Tucker (2014). Synthesis before the Proto-Niger-Congo inflectional verb: Evidence from the peripheral South Atlantic languages. 44th Annual Conference on African Linguistics (ACAL45), University of Kansas, Lawrence
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Description
Extended abstract of a paper delivered to the Workshop on Endangered Languages, 45th Annual Conference on African Linguistics (ACAL45), University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS. April 17-19, 2014.