The secret nominal life of Afrikaans intransitive adpositions

Languages like Afrikaans are sometimes said to feature a class of adpositions that can be described as “intransitive” (e.g. binne “inside”, bo “upstairs”, agter “in the back”, buite “outside”, onder “downstairs” voor “in the front”). It is argued that such elements in fact instantiate a “hybrid” cat...

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Main Author: Pretorius, Erin
Format: Article
Language:Afrikaans
Published: Stellenbosch University 2017-12-01
Series:Stellenbosch Papers in Linguistics
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Online Access:http://spil.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/277