Discourse functions of demonstratives in Eastern Bantu narrative texts
Demonstratives are an important feature of many eastern Bantu narrative texts. In addition to a basic tracking use, in which demonstratives are used to refer to different participants in a narrative, at least four additional functions can be identified: specifying the activation status (activated vs...
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| Language: | English |
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LibraryPress@UF
2014-06-01
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| Series: | Studies in African Linguistics |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.flvc.org/sal/article/view/107265 |