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