Existential predication in Hamar

This paper analyzes predicative constructions expressing location, existence and possession in Hamar, a South Omotic language spoken in South-West Ethiopia. The semantic domain location-existence-possession is conveyed in Hamar by one and the same lexeme, but in different constructions. The distinc...

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Main Author: Sara Petrollino
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nordic Africa Research Network 2019-12-01
Series:Nordic Journal of African Studies
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Online Access:https://www.njas.fi/njas/article/view/461