Morphology of the gerund in Degema and its reconstruction in proto-Edoid
The gerund in Degema (Delta Edoid) is derived by affixing a discontinuous morpheme to the verb stem. Verb stems ending in a vowel take a shorter form of this morpheme while stems ending in a consonant (even if such a consonant is derived from an underlying close vowel by glide formation) have the lo...
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| Language: | English |
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LibraryPress@UF
1984-04-01
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| Series: | Studies in African Linguistics |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.flvc.org/sal/article/view/107518 |