Some notes on the encoding of property concepts in Vai from a typological and comparative Central Mande perspective
This paper investigates the different encoding strategies used for the expression of property concepts in Vai. Following Stassen (1997), it is shown that, viewed cross-linguistically, Vai represents an extreme case in that it makes use of four different encoding strategies (two non-verbal and two ve...
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| Language: | English |
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Mandenkan, Langage, Langues et Cultures d’Afrique Noire
2014-12-01
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| Series: | Mandenkan |
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| Online Access: | http://journals.openedition.org/mandenkan/347 |