Grammaticalization of qәl ‘gourd’ in Amharic
The Amharic word qəl ‘gourd’ represents a rare case where a plant term serves as the source of a grammaticalization chain. The development occurred in two stages, first metaphoric change, then grammaticalization proper: gourd > skull/head > Intensive (never Plain) Reflexive (‘he himself, etc....
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Hamburg University Press
2020-12-01
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| Series: | Afrika und Übersee |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.sub.uni-hamburg.de/hup1/afrikaunduebersee/article/view/212 |