The role of the Berber deictic and TAM markers in dependent clauses in Zenaga
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20034174 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Catherine Taine-Cheikh (0000-0001-6316-9864, LACITO(Laboratoire des langues et Civilisations à Tradition Orale), Fédération de Typologie et Universaux Linguistiques-CNRS, Paris III and Paris IV-Sorbonne Universities, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2010 |
| Pages | 355-398 |
| Publication date | 2010-11-25 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | Clause linking and clause hierarchy (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | John Benjamins Publishing Company (PUBLISHER • NL) |
| DOI | 10.1075/slcs.121.11tai |
| OpenAlex | W2497708121 |
| ISBN | 9789027205889 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
The deictic ad fulfills many functions in Mauritanian Berber (demonstrative, copula, connector, injunctive particle, etc.). Most of these uses are found more or less in all Berber languages. However, Zenaga differs markedly on several points: ad is not used as a preverb to express future; on the contrary, it is used as a conditional and quotative particle. The author analyses these divergent evolutions and proposes explanations for the various grammaticalization phenomena involved by conjointly studying the TAM (tense-aspect-mood) markers and sentence structure. The polygrammaticalization of the deictic is partly linked to the semantic indetermination of the Aorist and to some specific conditions which bear on fronted verbs
Deixis · Linguistics · African Studies and Geopolitics · History · Language, Linguistics, Cultural Analysis · Linguistic and Sociocultural Studies · Philosophy · Psychology
| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 0.27 |
| Citation span | 2015 - 2023 (9) |
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