On the development of the verb infinitive phrase in Yoruba

This paper will concentrate on a type of verb complement structure referred to as the HTS construction in Yoruba, essentially to show four points: a. that it is an older form of the verb-infinitive phrase in Yoruba, out of which the infinitival gerunds, the a-ti complements, and (by a historical cha...

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Main Author: Yiwola Awoyale
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: LibraryPress@UF 1983-04-01
Series:Studies in African Linguistics
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Online Access:https://journals.flvc.org/sal/article/view/107532