Chapter 12. Remarks on nominalised adjectives in Gã
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Sampson Korsah
Abstract
This paper offers a new perspective on the derivation and distribution of nominalised adjectives in Gã. It claims that they are formed by combining an adjectival base and the nominaliser morpheme e‑. Observing that the nominaliser has a variant, the paper argues that the occurrence of the two allomorphs is phonologically constrained. In respect of their distribution, the paper argues that properties like number and agreement marking and co-occurrence with determiners suggest that they are true nominals. Nonetheless, we can clearly distinguish them from other morpho-syntactic units in similar structural positions. The paper also provides new empirical insights for reassessing hitherto assumptions about the distribution of such nominals, including their ability to occur as complement of copulas and depictives.
Abstract
This paper offers a new perspective on the derivation and distribution of nominalised adjectives in Gã. It claims that they are formed by combining an adjectival base and the nominaliser morpheme e‑. Observing that the nominaliser has a variant, the paper argues that the occurrence of the two allomorphs is phonologically constrained. In respect of their distribution, the paper argues that properties like number and agreement marking and co-occurrence with determiners suggest that they are true nominals. Nonetheless, we can clearly distinguish them from other morpho-syntactic units in similar structural positions. The paper also provides new empirical insights for reassessing hitherto assumptions about the distribution of such nominals, including their ability to occur as complement of copulas and depictives.
Chapters in this book
- 日本言語政策学会 / Japan Association for Language Policy. 言語政策 / Language Policy 10. 2014 i
- Table of contents v
- Acknowledgement vii
- Foreword ix
- Introduction 1
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Section 1. Fieldwork
- Chapter 1. Linguistic fieldwork as team science 20
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Section 2. Locative predication
- Chapter 2. Locative expressions and their semantic extensions in Tima 44
- Chapter 3. A comparative study of the basic locative construction in Gurenɛ, Asante-Twi, and Tongugbe 74
- Chapter 4. Adposition classes in Tafi and Sɛlɛɛ 99
- Chapter 5. Moving from verbs to prepositions in Gbe 128
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Section 3. Tense, aspect, mood and serialization
- Chapter 6. Lost siblings 154
- Chapter 7. The eventive functional sequence 189
- Chapter 8. Reduced complements 222
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Section 4. Verb semantics
- Chapter 9. Caused accompanied motion in a direction 238
- Chapter 10. From injecting to planting 263
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Section 5. Nominalization
- Chapter 11. Constructions with verbal nouns in Iraqw 286
- Chapter 12. Remarks on nominalised adjectives in Gã 314
- Author index 339
- Language index 341
- Subject index 343
Chapters in this book
- 日本言語政策学会 / Japan Association for Language Policy. 言語政策 / Language Policy 10. 2014 i
- Table of contents v
- Acknowledgement vii
- Foreword ix
- Introduction 1
-
Section 1. Fieldwork
- Chapter 1. Linguistic fieldwork as team science 20
-
Section 2. Locative predication
- Chapter 2. Locative expressions and their semantic extensions in Tima 44
- Chapter 3. A comparative study of the basic locative construction in Gurenɛ, Asante-Twi, and Tongugbe 74
- Chapter 4. Adposition classes in Tafi and Sɛlɛɛ 99
- Chapter 5. Moving from verbs to prepositions in Gbe 128
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Section 3. Tense, aspect, mood and serialization
- Chapter 6. Lost siblings 154
- Chapter 7. The eventive functional sequence 189
- Chapter 8. Reduced complements 222
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Section 4. Verb semantics
- Chapter 9. Caused accompanied motion in a direction 238
- Chapter 10. From injecting to planting 263
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Section 5. Nominalization
- Chapter 11. Constructions with verbal nouns in Iraqw 286
- Chapter 12. Remarks on nominalised adjectives in Gã 314
- Author index 339
- Language index 341
- Subject index 343
