« Construction directe » vs « construction indirecte » :quelle interprétation sémantique dans la relation de possession en bété ?
This paper provides a description of semantic values of bete language which characterized a phrasal opposition very widespread in Africa and which has been studied for decades i.e. direct vs. indirect nominal determination. Some studies have focused on looking for a unique semantic feature whose pre...
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| author | François Blé KIPRÉ |
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| description | This paper provides a description of semantic values of bete language which characterized a phrasal opposition very widespread in Africa and which has been studied for decades i.e. direct vs. indirect nominal determination. Some studies have focused on looking for a unique semantic feature whose presence or absence would determine which of two competing genitive constructions to choose : the “direct” construction which would refer to disposable possession and the “indirect” possession which would refer to alienable possession. The present article has two objectives : it first aims at showing that the dichotomy between ’inalienable possession’ and ’disposable possession’ can be expressed elsewhere than in the genitive phrase ; it also suggests to depart from the idea, in the study of the possessive relationship in African languages, that one should look for a unique semantic feature that would help predict the different genitive phrase constructions. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f0c0ca84f0124931b3579c1cacaeb6dd2024-02-13T13:51:54ZengCercle linguistique du Centre et de l'Ouest - CerLICOCorela1638-573X14210.4000/corela.4631« Construction directe » vs « construction indirecte » :quelle interprétation sémantique dans la relation de possession en bété ?François Blé KIPRÉThis paper provides a description of semantic values of bete language which characterized a phrasal opposition very widespread in Africa and which has been studied for decades i.e. direct vs. indirect nominal determination. Some studies have focused on looking for a unique semantic feature whose presence or absence would determine which of two competing genitive constructions to choose : the “direct” construction which would refer to disposable possession and the “indirect” possession which would refer to alienable possession. The present article has two objectives : it first aims at showing that the dichotomy between ’inalienable possession’ and ’disposable possession’ can be expressed elsewhere than in the genitive phrase ; it also suggests to depart from the idea, in the study of the possessive relationship in African languages, that one should look for a unique semantic feature that would help predict the different genitive phrase constructions.https://journals.openedition.org/corela/4631possessionalienabilityrelationship between process and social normrelationship between process and possessor. |
| spellingShingle | François Blé KIPRÉ « Construction directe » vs « construction indirecte » :quelle interprétation sémantique dans la relation de possession en bété ? Corela possession alienability relationship between process and social norm relationship between process and possessor. |
| title | « Construction directe » vs « construction indirecte » :quelle interprétation sémantique dans la relation de possession en bété ? |
| title_full | « Construction directe » vs « construction indirecte » :quelle interprétation sémantique dans la relation de possession en bété ? |
| title_fullStr | « Construction directe » vs « construction indirecte » :quelle interprétation sémantique dans la relation de possession en bété ? |
| title_full_unstemmed | « Construction directe » vs « construction indirecte » :quelle interprétation sémantique dans la relation de possession en bété ? |
| title_short | « Construction directe » vs « construction indirecte » :quelle interprétation sémantique dans la relation de possession en bété ? |
| title_sort | construction directe vs construction indirecte quelle interpretation semantique dans la relation de possession en bete |
| topic | possession alienability relationship between process and social norm relationship between process and possessor. |
| url | https://journals.openedition.org/corela/4631 |
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