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Article: Adjectives in Likpakpaln (Konkomba): Structural and areal-typological aspects
Title | Adjectives in Likpakpaln (Konkomba): Structural and areal-typological aspects |
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Keywords | Likpakpaln Konkomba Adjective Noun Verb Typology Derivation Gur Mabia Ghana |
Issue Date | 2020 |
Publisher | Taylor & Francis, co-published with UNISA Press. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/rlms20 |
Citation | Language Matters, 2020, v. 51 n. 2, p. 3-24 How to Cite? |
Abstract | Likpakpaln is a little-described Mabia (Gur) language of northern Ghana. Drawing on primary data, this first study of adjectives in Likpakpaln concludes that the language has a small, closed adjective class of about 20 members that shares grammatical properties with nouns and verbs to varying degrees. Contrary to what is the case in other Mabia languages, Likpakpaln adjectives lack inherent class markers. We identify three types of adjectives, distinguishable from nouns and verbs on morpho-syntactic and semantic grounds. Type 1 items lean towards nouns and never function as predicates of verbal clauses. Type 2 consists of one item, possibly a loan, and appears in a predicate adjective construction typical of languages with large adjective classes. Type 3 adjectives lean towards verbs and may form the predicate of verbal clauses. An understanding of Likpakpaln adjectives can contribute to refining our current knowledge of the genetic and typological position of Likpakpaln in the Mabia family. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/281832 |
ISSN | 2023 Impact Factor: 0.5 2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.214 |
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dc.contributor.author | Bisilki, AK | - |
dc.contributor.author | Yakpo, K | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-03-27T04:23:01Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2020-03-27T04:23:01Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2020 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Language Matters, 2020, v. 51 n. 2, p. 3-24 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 1022-8195 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/281832 | - |
dc.description.abstract | Likpakpaln is a little-described Mabia (Gur) language of northern Ghana. Drawing on primary data, this first study of adjectives in Likpakpaln concludes that the language has a small, closed adjective class of about 20 members that shares grammatical properties with nouns and verbs to varying degrees. Contrary to what is the case in other Mabia languages, Likpakpaln adjectives lack inherent class markers. We identify three types of adjectives, distinguishable from nouns and verbs on morpho-syntactic and semantic grounds. Type 1 items lean towards nouns and never function as predicates of verbal clauses. Type 2 consists of one item, possibly a loan, and appears in a predicate adjective construction typical of languages with large adjective classes. Type 3 adjectives lean towards verbs and may form the predicate of verbal clauses. An understanding of Likpakpaln adjectives can contribute to refining our current knowledge of the genetic and typological position of Likpakpaln in the Mabia family. | - |
dc.language | eng | - |
dc.publisher | Taylor & Francis, co-published with UNISA Press. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/rlms20 | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | Language Matters | - |
dc.rights | This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis and UNISA Press in Language Matters on 11 Aug 2020, available online: https://doi.org/10.1080/10228195.2020.1746386 | - |
dc.subject | Likpakpaln | - |
dc.subject | Konkomba | - |
dc.subject | Adjective | - |
dc.subject | Noun | - |
dc.subject | Verb | - |
dc.subject | Typology | - |
dc.subject | Derivation | - |
dc.subject | Gur | - |
dc.subject | Mabia | - |
dc.subject | Ghana | - |
dc.title | Adjectives in Likpakpaln (Konkomba): Structural and areal-typological aspects | - |
dc.type | Article | - |
dc.identifier.email | Yakpo, K: kofi@hku.hk | - |
dc.identifier.authority | Yakpo, K=rp01715 | - |
dc.description.nature | postprint | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1080/10228195.2020.1746386 | - |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-85089278281 | - |
dc.identifier.hkuros | 309534 | - |
dc.identifier.volume | 51 | - |
dc.identifier.issue | 2 | - |
dc.identifier.spage | 3 | - |
dc.identifier.epage | 24 | - |
dc.identifier.isi | WOS:000558455300002 | - |
dc.publisher.place | South Africa | - |
dc.identifier.issnl | 1022-8195 | - |