Associative a and ka in Niger-Congo
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11114065 |
|---|---|
| Authors | William E Welmers (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1963 |
| Volume | 39 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 432 |
| Publication date | 1963-07-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Language (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0097-8507 • E-ISSN: 1535-0665 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/411125 |
| OpenAlex | W2330128552 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
A grammar of almost any Bantu language will attest a morpheme α in a variety of constructions involving association, usually of a preceding noun with a following noun or pronoun. In many Bantu languages a second morpheme, with the shape ka or something similar, is used in some similar constructions. These morphemes have frequently been labelled ‘possessive’, with reference to one of their more obvious uses, or genitive, with the implication that more than literal possession may be involved; the variety of constructions in which they are found makes the more neutral term ‘associative’ preferable
Associative property · Pure mathematics · Historical Linguistics and Language Studies · Linguistics, Language Diversity, and Identity · Mathematics · Swearing, Euphemism, Multilingualism
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| Citations per year | 0.13 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1978 - 2024 (47) |
| Highly cited | No |