Overview of Ibibio Adjectives
This paper discusses some relevant characteristics of adjectives and adjectival agreement in Ibibio, a Lower Cross Niger-Congo language spoken in Nigeria. The existence of a closed class of adjectives in African languages is a point of controversy in the literature.
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| author | Martinez García, María Teresa |
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| description | This paper discusses some relevant characteristics of adjectives and adjectival agreement in Ibibio, a Lower Cross Niger-Congo language spoken in Nigeria. The existence of a closed class of adjectives in African languages is a point of controversy in the literature. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ae8d3a12b2a04db3808cf1032f60b1e92022-12-22T02:20:26ZengUniversity of KansasKansas Working Papers in Linguistics2378-76002014-01-0135799410.17161/KWPL.1808.15948Overview of Ibibio AdjectivesMartinez García, María TeresaThis paper discusses some relevant characteristics of adjectives and adjectival agreement in Ibibio, a Lower Cross Niger-Congo language spoken in Nigeria. The existence of a closed class of adjectives in African languages is a point of controversy in the literature.http://hdl.handle.net/1808/15948Ibibio language-- Adjective |
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| title | Overview of Ibibio Adjectives |
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| title_short | Overview of Ibibio Adjectives |
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| topic | Ibibio language-- Adjective |
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