Polysémie, prototype et invariant : le cas du verbe « manger » en dagara

In Dagara, the most common translation for the verb di is « eat ». Other translations, however, are: “spending, taking advantage of” and, more surprisingly, that of “burning, wearing out, hurting, being infected…”, but also “be named x, look like x”, then “be x only by name” or, on the contrary, “be...

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Main Author: Pénou-Achille Somé
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Cercle linguistique du Centre et de l'Ouest - CerLICO 2007-12-01
Series:Corela
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/corela/368