Abstract
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Title of host publication | African linguistics across the disciplines: Selected papers from the 48th Annual Conference on African Linguistics |
| Editors | Robert Botne, Samuel Gyasi Obeng |
| Number of pages | 18 |
| Publisher | Language Science Press |
| Publication date | 2019 |
| Publication status | Published - 2019 |
| MoE publication type | A4 Article in conference proceedings |
| Event | Annual Conference on African Linguistics - http://linguistics.berkeley.edu/acal47/, Berkeley, United States Duration: 23 Mar 2015 → 26 Mar 2015 |
Publication series
| Name | Contemporary African Linguistics |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Language Science Press |
| ISSN (Electronic) | 2511-7726 |
Fields of Science
- 6121 Languages
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The Aorist and the Perfect in Mano. / Khachaturyan, Maria.
African linguistics across the disciplines: Selected papers from the 48th Annual Conference on African Linguistics. ed. / Robert Botne; Samuel Gyasi Obeng. Language Science Press, 2019. (Contemporary African Linguistics).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Scientific › peer-review
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PY - 2019
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N2 - The foci of this paper are the semantic differences between two perfective constructions in the Mano language, the Aorist and the Perfect. The paper is based on Östen Dahl’s classic questionnaire, as well as various sources of natural speech data, including narratives, routine conversations, and ritual speech, Christian and traditional. The core semantic property of the Mano Perfect is event relevance, which isconfirmed by the annulled result test. The core function of the Aorist is being the narrative tense. The paper also includes discussion of two secondary functions of the Perfect and the Aorist, namely, anticipation of future events and transposition to the past. The secondary functions confirm the basic distinction between the Aorist and the Perfect, the latter maintaining a closer connection with the reference point.
AB - The foci of this paper are the semantic differences between two perfective constructions in the Mano language, the Aorist and the Perfect. The paper is based on Östen Dahl’s classic questionnaire, as well as various sources of natural speech data, including narratives, routine conversations, and ritual speech, Christian and traditional. The core semantic property of the Mano Perfect is event relevance, which isconfirmed by the annulled result test. The core function of the Aorist is being the narrative tense. The paper also includes discussion of two secondary functions of the Perfect and the Aorist, namely, anticipation of future events and transposition to the past. The secondary functions confirm the basic distinction between the Aorist and the Perfect, the latter maintaining a closer connection with the reference point.
KW - 6121 Languages
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M3 - Conference contribution
T3 - Contemporary African Linguistics
BT - African linguistics across the disciplines: Selected papers from the 48th Annual Conference on African Linguistics
A2 - Botne, Robert
A2 - Obeng, Samuel Gyasi
PB - Language Science Press
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