E Kweku Osam
Biographic Data
| ID | 5816273 |
|---|---|
| NAME | E Kweku Osam |
| GIVEN NAMES | E Kweku |
| FAMILY NAME | Osam |
| SIGNATURE | OSAM E K |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Ghana |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Animacy distinction in Kaakye
The paper investigates the nature of animacy distinction in Kaakye (Kwa, Niger-Congo). It describes the various grammatical manifestations of the animacy concepts in Kaakye. Based on the data presented, it is observed that animacy is a crucial determinant in the choice of forms and behaviours of nominal prefixs, pronouns, nominal modifiers, and concord subject marking. It concludes that Kaakye is sensitive to the notion of animacy-based distincti…
Relativization in Kaakye
This paper describes the relative clause (RC) in Kaakye, a Kwa (Niger-Congo) language. Evidence is provided to show that Kaakye RC is strictly postnominal and that both the head noun and its referent within the RC are obligatorily expressed. Unlike RCs in some Kwa languages that are close neighbours, the head noun in a Kaakye RC obligatorily takes a determiner. The language also uses the pronoun retention strategy to indicate the canonical positi…
A case for revisiting definitions of serial verb constructions
In this study, we undertook an experiment in which native speakers of Akan were given serial verbs both with and without oblique non-verbal elements (such as relator nouns, direct objects, postpositions, etc.) and asked them to construct Serial Verb Construction Nominals (SVCNs) from them. We found that, by and large, when not given said non-verbal elements, speakers were not able to construct nominal forms. In another task, we gave speakers nomi…
Grammatical relations in Ikalanga
Although facts about grammatical relations in many Bantu languages have been established since the early 1970s, there are still languages in this family which have not benefited from such studies. One of these is Ikalanga, spoken in Botswana and Zimbabwe. This paper examines the core grammatical relations of Ikalanga, exploring its typological status in terms of double object constructions. In prototypical ditransitive constructions, the Recipien…
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Grammatical relations in Ikalanga
Although facts about grammatical relations in many Bantu languages have been established since the early 1970s, there are still languages in this family which have not benefited from such studies. One of these is Ikalanga, spoken in Botswana and Zimbabwe. This paper examines the core grammatical relations of Ikalanga, exploring its typological status in terms of double object constructions. In prototypical ditransitive constructions, the Recipien…
A case for revisiting definitions of serial verb constructions
In this study, we undertook an experiment in which native speakers of Akan were given serial verbs both with and without oblique non-verbal elements (such as relator nouns, direct objects, postpositions, etc.) and asked them to construct Serial Verb Construction Nominals (SVCNs) from them. We found that, by and large, when not given said non-verbal elements, speakers were not able to construct nominal forms. In another task, we gave speakers nomi…
Relativization in Kaakye
This paper describes the relative clause (RC) in Kaakye, a Kwa (Niger-Congo) language. Evidence is provided to show that Kaakye RC is strictly postnominal and that both the head noun and its referent within the RC are obligatorily expressed. Unlike RCs in some Kwa languages that are close neighbours, the head noun in a Kaakye RC obligatorily takes a determiner. The language also uses the pronoun retention strategy to indicate the canonical positi…
Animacy distinction in Kaakye
The paper investigates the nature of animacy distinction in Kaakye (Kwa, Niger-Congo). It describes the various grammatical manifestations of the animacy concepts in Kaakye. Based on the data presented, it is observed that animacy is a crucial determinant in the choice of forms and behaviours of nominal prefixs, pronouns, nominal modifiers, and concord subject marking. It concludes that Kaakye is sensitive to the notion of animacy-based distincti…
Linguistics (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Animacy (3 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies (3 works) · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation (3 works) · Multilingual Education and Policy (2 works) · Noun (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Psychology (2 works)