The morphological and syntactic functions of Dagbani nominal suffixes
One of the defining morphological properties of nouns and adjectives of Dagbani (a Gur/Mabia language of northern Ghana) and related languages is the presence of suffixes that mark number (singular or plural) as well as serve as the basis for noun classification. The typical regular noun or adjectiv...
Main Authors: | Hudu Fusheini, Iddrisu Abdallah |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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2023-12-01
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Series: | Topics in Linguistics |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.2478/topling-2023-0010 |
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