Les séries verbales en Baoulé questions de morphosyntaxe et de sémantique

This article demonstrates, from morphological and syntactic facts, the existence of serial verbs in Baoule. The analysis illustrates the difference between serial verb constructions, simple conjoined verbs, and auxiliary verb/nominalized verb constructions. The author proposes that serial verbs do n...

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Main Author: Jérémie Kouadio N'Guessan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: LibraryPress@UF 2000-06-01
Series:Studies in African Linguistics
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Online Access:https://journals.flvc.org/sal/article/view/107371
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Summary:This article demonstrates, from morphological and syntactic facts, the existence of serial verbs in Baoule. The analysis illustrates the difference between serial verb constructions, simple conjoined verbs, and auxiliary verb/nominalized verb constructions. The author proposes that serial verbs do not constitute a homogeneous category in Baoule. In order to deal efficiently with serial verbs, it is necessary to combine morphosyntactic features with lexical information.
ISSN:0039-3533
2154-428X