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Participant reference in the Ebang verbal complex (Heiban, Kordofanian)
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June 22, 2010
Abstract
The system of participant reference expressed in the Ebang verb is unusual in at least two respects. Firstly, distinct slots are used for markers with “pronominal” reference (i.e., 1st, 2nd and 3rd person) on the one hand and noun class “concords” on the other. Each slot can hold at most one marker, and neither slot has a constant syntactic or semantic function, such as subject versus object or agent versus patient. Secondly, an additional marker exists indicating the plurality of some participant, again without being specific about the syntactic role of that participant. A pronominal and a co-occurring plural marker may express reference to two distinct subjects.
Published Online: 2010-06-22
Published in Print: 2010-June
©Walter de Gruyter
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