The borrowing of aspects as lexical tone classes Y-intial Tuareg verbs in Tasawaq
In Tasawaq, a Northern Songhay language of Niger, there exists a lexical tone class distinction between stative and active verbs. This tone class distinction only exists in one class of verbs borrowed from Tuareg, verbs with an initial y-. In this article, I argue that the tone class distinction ref...
| Published in: | Studies in African Linguistics |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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LibraryPress@UF
2007-06-01
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| Online Access: | https://ojs.test.flvc.org/sal/article/view/107302 |