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On the grammaticalization of ġādi in Moroccan Arabic: new insights 摩洛哥阿拉伯语中ġādi 的语法化:新见解
IF 0.5 4区 文学 0 LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS Pub Date : 2024-07-15 DOI: 10.1515/jall-2024-2003
Cristiana Bozza
This study deals with the grammaticalization of ġādi – i.e., the active participle form of a movement verb meaning ‘to go/leave/depart in the morning’ – in Moroccan Arabic, of which the relevant literature has evidenced its uses as a future marker, describing this case as an instance of the common path ‘go (to)’ > future. In the light of fresh data, we first review the already documented uses of ġādi as a future marker, and, secondly, present an original preliminary study of its emerging modal values. Finally, by analyzing the correlation between the future values and the modal values of ġādi, we focus on some issues related to its grammaticalization, including the importance of taking into account certain semantic features of the source lexeme so far underestimated, and of considering the co(n)text within which the whole grammaticalization takes place. Ultimately, we argue that a secondary grammaticalization towards epistemic modality is in progress.
本研究涉及摩洛哥阿拉伯语中ġādi 的语法化问题,ġādi 是运动动词的主动分词形式,意为 "早上去/离开/离开",相关文献已证明其作为未来标记的用法,并将这种情况描述为常见路径 "去(到)"> future 的一个实例。根据新的数据,我们首先回顾了ġādi 作为未来标记的已有文献记载,其次对其新出现的模态值进行了原创性的初步研究。最后,通过分析ġādi 的未来值和模态值之间的相关性,我们重点讨论了与其语法化相关的一些问题,包括考虑到源词素的某些语义特征的重要性,这些特征迄今为止一直被低估,以及考虑到整个语法化发生的共同文本的重要性。最后,我们认为,面向认识论模态的二次语法化正在进行之中。
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A diachronic perspective on ‘prosodies’ in Central Chadic languages (Afroasiatic) 中乍得语(非洲语)"前体 "的非同步视角
IF 0.5 4区 文学 0 LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS Pub Date : 2024-07-15 DOI: 10.1515/jall-2024-2002
H. Ekkehard Wolff
The paper reports on generalisations drawn from the author’s historical analysis of a sample of some five thousand words, which reflect more than two hundred lexical items from up to sixty-six Central Chadic languages and language varieties. The paper provides illustrative examples from present-day languages with explicit diachronic analyses of the evolution of their synchronic segmental and ‘prosodic’ suprasegmental structures. Four typologically characteristic prosodies (i.e., palatalisation, labialisation, nasalisation, glottalisation) operate across words, which are – in synchronic perspective – mostly monomorphemic, while in diachronic perspective they are mostly polymorphemic. The paper shows that, and how the four reconstructed prosodies lead to the diachronic emergence of innovative phonemes in the modern languages, which were not part of the segmental phonological inventories of the common proto-language. This empirical fact poses considerable challenges to the application of the well-established ‘comparative method’ as originally developed by the Neogrammarian school of historical linguistics.
本文报告了作者对大约五千个单词样本进行历史分析后得出的概括结论,这些单词反映了多达六十六种中乍得语和语言变体的两百多个词汇项目。论文提供了当今语言的示例,并对其同步句段和 "prosodic "超句段结构的演变进行了明确的非同步分析。四种具有类型学特征的拟声结构(即腭化、唇化、鼻化和喉化)在词中起作用,从同步角度看,它们大多是单拟声结构,而从非同步角度看,它们大多是多拟声结构。本文说明了四种重构的前置词是如何导致现代语言中创新音素的非同步出现的,而这些音素并不属于共同原初语言的分段音素库。这一经验事实对应用历史语言学新格玛学派最初提出的成熟的 "比较方法 "提出了巨大挑战。
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Resuming topics and foci: Anyi, Baule and microvariation in Kwa languages 恢复主题和重点:克瓦语中的阿尼语、鲍勒语和微变异
IF 0.5 4区 文学 0 LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS Pub Date : 2024-07-15 DOI: 10.1515/jall-2024-2004
Stavros Skopeteas, Firmin Ahoua, Marie Laure Koffi Bla Adou, Beatrice Koffi Mambo
Left peripheral topics and foci often differ with respect to resumption: in languages such as Italian, Tzotzil Maya, and Warlpiri, while fronted topics may be co-indexed with a pronominal form in the corresponding argument position, fronted foci correspond to a gap. However, this contrast does not universally apply. In languages such as Anyi and Baule, two Kwa languages of Côte d’Ivoire, subjects and animate objects must be resumed by a pronoun whenever they appear in the left periphery – independent of information structure. The question is whether this instance of cross-linguistic variation arises through differences in the syntax of left peripheral positions in various languages or in the conditions of resumption. The present study examines data from Kwa languages and concludes that the difference lies in the conditions of resumption, which are orthogonal to the syntactic differences between topics and foci. Resumptives have a dual nature in these languages, serving as anaphoric constants (true resumptives) in topicalization and as bound variables (apparent resumptives) in focus constructions. A survey of the relevant facts in further Kwa languages reveals that resumption is determined by factors that are independent from information structure and relate to the recoverability of empty argument positions.
在意大利语、Tzotzil 玛雅语和 Warlpiri 等语言中,前置话题可能与相应论点位置上的主格形式同列索引,而前置焦点则对应于空格。然而,这种对比并不普遍适用。在科特迪瓦的两种克瓦语(Anyi 和 Baule)等语言中,只要主语和有生命的宾语出现在左外围,就必须由代词接替--这与信息结构无关。问题是,这种跨语言的变异是由于不同语言中左边缘位置的句法差异还是复位条件的差异造成的。本研究考察了克瓦语的数据,得出结论:差异在于恢复的条件,而恢复的条件与主题和焦点的句法差异是正交的。在这些语言中,复指具有双重性质,在主题化中作为拟喻常量(真正的复指),在焦点结构中作为约束变量(明显的复指)。对其他夸方言中相关事实的调查显示,复指是由独立于信息结构的因素决定的,这些因素与空论点位置的可恢复性有关。
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Tone and clause structure in Bùlì Bùlì 中的语气和分句结构
IF 0.5 4区 文学 0 LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS Pub Date : 2024-07-15 DOI: 10.1515/jall-2024-2001
Abdul-Razak Sulemana
In this article, I analyze tonal patterns of Bùlì (Mabia/Gur) verbs in sentences. I argue that Bùlì requires a more articulated structure for TP, namely, a projection of both INFL1 and INFL2. INFL1 corresponds to the standard TP and is the locus of the EPP. INFL2, on the other hand, is the locus of a generalized finite/non-finite marking on the clause. I show that this more articulated structure for TP is key in understanding the intricate tonal interactions we find in the clause between segmental and tonal morphology of negation, tense, and aspect marking.
本文分析了 Bùlì(马比亚/古尔语)动词在句子中的声调模式。我认为,Bùlì 的 TP 需要更清晰的结构,即 INFL1 和 INFL2 的投影。INFL1 与标准 TP 相对应,是 EPP 的中心。而 INFL2 则是分句上的广义有限/非有限标记的位置。我的研究表明,TP 的这种更清晰的结构是理解我们在分句中发现的否定、时态和方面标记的分段和声调形态之间错综复杂的声调互动的关键。
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Review article: messages from (not so distant) relatives in the Nuba Mountains: on how (not) to reconstruct Proto-Bantu 评论文章:来自(不太遥远的)努巴山亲戚的信息:关于如何(不)重建原班图人
IF 0.5 4区 文学 0 LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS Pub Date : 2023-11-29 DOI: 10.1515/jall-2023-2012
Gerrit J. Dimmendaal
The rich morphological systems and discourse-based syntactic structures of a range of modern Bantu languages have attracted the attention of many linguists. The present contribution takes articles in a volume on the reconstruction of Proto-Bantu grammar edited by Bostoen et al. (2022. On Reconstructing Proto-Bantu Grammar, Niger-Congo Comparative Studies 4. Berlin: Language Science Press. 808 pp. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7560553) as a basis, in order to address the origin of these grammatical properties. More specifically, historical as well as synchronic features of Bantu languages are compared with Tima, a related language spoken in the Nuba Mountains, Sudan, and classified as a member of the Kordofanian family within Niger-Congo by Greenberg. Contrary to a popular view, it is claimed here that subject inversion and corresponding (extended) ergative alignment marking with transitive verbs is not only a property of Tima as a Niger-Congo language, but also of several Niger-Congo languages classified as Bantu. Tima consequently may perform a role similar to that of Tocharian in the history of Indo-European studies. The present contribution also raises methodological issues related to lexicon-based Bayesian phylogenetics as against Greenberg’s method of multilateral comparisons, and the historical-comparative method. In addition, it addresses the question of the extent to which the spread of typological features coincides with so-called “belts” postulated in the typological literature on African languages.
现代班图语丰富的词形系统和基于语篇的句法结构吸引了许多语言学家的注意。目前的贡献采用了波斯顿等人(2022)编辑的原班图语语法重建卷中的文章。重建原班图语语法,尼日尔-刚果比较研究柏林:语言科学出版社,808页https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7560553)为基础,以解决这些语法属性的起源。更具体地说,班图语的历史和共时性特征与Tima进行了比较,Tima是苏丹努巴山区的一种相关语言,格林伯格将其归类为尼日尔-刚果的科尔多法尼亚语家族的成员。与流行的观点相反,本文声称主语倒装和与及物动词相对应的(扩展的)否定对齐标记不仅是Tima作为尼日尔-刚果语的特征,而且是一些被归类为班图语的尼日尔-刚果语的特征。因此,提玛语在印欧研究的历史上可能扮演着类似吐火罗语的角色。目前的贡献还提出了与基于词典的贝叶斯系统发育相关的方法论问题,以反对格林伯格的多边比较方法和历史比较方法。此外,它还讨论了类型学特征的传播在多大程度上与关于非洲语言的类型学文献中所假定的所谓“带”相吻合的问题。
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The Wolof argument-focus constructions as copulaless clefts Wolof论元聚焦结构的无性裂
IF 0.5 4区 文学 0 LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS Pub Date : 2023-11-29 DOI: 10.1515/jall-2023-2011
Corentin Bourdeau
In Wolof (Niger-Congo), focus is expressed morphosyntactically via specific focus constructions. This article deals with two of them, namely the subject-focus and the complement-focus constructions. I propose to analyse them as copulaless cleft constructions of the form focus | topic, that is, constructions in which the focus and the topic are juxtaposed. In such clefts, the topic of the sentence is expressed by means of a noun phrase which is headed by the definite article la when the focus corresponds to the syntactic object, and by the morpheme a when the focus corresponds to the syntactic subject of the sentence.
在Wolof语(尼日尔-刚果)中,焦点通过特定的焦点结构在形态句法上表达。本文讨论了其中的两种结构,即主语聚焦结构和补语聚焦结构。我建议将它们分析为focus / topic形式的非共通性裂缝结构,即焦点和主题并列的结构。在这类裂隙中,当焦点对应句法宾语时,以定冠词la为首的名词短语表达句子的主题;当焦点对应句法主语时,以语素a为首的名词短语表达句子的主题。
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The noncausal/causal alternation in Kagulu, an East Ruvu Bantu language of Tanzania 坦桑尼亚东鲁乌班图语Kagulu的非因果/因果交替
IF 0.5 4区 文学 0 LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS Pub Date : 2023-11-29 DOI: 10.1515/jall-2023-2008
Sebastian Dom, Leora Bar-el, Ponsiano Sawaka Kanijo, Malin Petzell
This paper explores the formal correspondences between the members of verb pairs participating in the noncausal/causal alternation in Kagulu, a Bantu language from Tanzania. Our investigation shows that Kagulu has a predominance of equipollent verb pairs, with the anticausative and causative correspondences following close behind. We argue that, diachronically, the causative correspondence was much more prominent than it is in present-day Kagulu. However, due to morphophonological changes triggered by the historical causative suffix *-i, a significant number of verb pairs that are diachronically causative can be synchronically reanalyzed as equipollent. This study highlights the complexity of diachronic morphology in synchronic analyses of comparative-typological phenomena such as the noncausal/causal alternation, and contributes to the growing body of research on noncausal/causal verb pairs in African languages.
本文探讨了坦桑尼亚班图语Kagulu中参与非因果/因果交替动词对成员之间的形式对应关系。我们的调查表明,卡古鲁语的对等动词对占主导地位,反关和使役对应紧随其后。我们认为,历时上,使役对应比现在的卡古鲁语更为突出。然而,由于历史使役后缀*-i所引发的语音学变化,大量的历时使役动词对可以被同步地作为对等物重新分析。本研究强调了非因果/因果交替等比较类型学现象共时分析中历时词法的复杂性,并为非洲语言非因果/因果动词对的研究做出了贡献。
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Preverbal clitic clusters in the Tanzanian Rift Valley revisited 坦桑尼亚大裂谷的口前气候集群再次出现
IF 0.5 4区 文学 0 LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS Pub Date : 2023-11-29 DOI: 10.1515/jall-2023-2010
Andrew Harvey, Hannah Gibson, Richard Griscom
This paper examines preverbal clitic clusters in the Tanzanian Rift Valley, an area of high linguistic diversity with representatives of the Bantu, Cushitic, and Nilotic families, as well as Sandawe (possibly a distant member of the Khoi-Kwadi family), and the language isolate Hadza. An earlier work (Kießling, Roland, Maarten Mous & Derek Nurse. 2008. The Tanzanian Rift Valley area. In Bernd Heine & Derek Nurse (eds.), A linguistic geography of Africa, 186–227. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press) identified preverbal clitic clusters as a widespread feature across many languages of the Rift Valley, and posited the preverbal clitic cluster as a feature characteristic of a ‘Tanzanian Rift Valley Area’. The current paper provides further detail on preverbal clitic clusters across the languages of the region and examines possible routes of development for these structures. From this analysis, the picture that emerges is complex: contact scenarios cannot be restricted to ones in which West Rift Cushitic or its predecessor languages are the only models for the development of a preverbal clitic cluster and, in the case of Sandawe (and perhaps the Datooga varieties), it appears as if the development of a preverbal clitic cluster cannot be linked to contact at all. In terms of what this means for the ‘areality’ of the Tanzanian Rift Valley, this paper forgoes discussions about geographical delineation or arguments for or against a ‘Tanzanian Rift Valley Area’ in favour of highlighting the individual historical events (c.f. Campbell, Lyle. 2017. Why is it so hard to define a linguistic area? In Raymond Hickey (ed.), The Cambridge handbook of areal linguistics, 19–39. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press) that may have given rise to preverbal clitic clusters in the languages of our sample, as well as encouraging continued investigation into the nature of these histories, both from a linguistic and interdisciplinary perspective.
本文研究了坦桑尼亚大裂谷的前语言clitic集群,这是一个高度语言多样性的地区,有班图人、库希特人和尼罗河人家族的代表,以及桑达维人(可能是科伊-夸迪家族的远亲),以及孤立的哈扎语。早期作品(Kießling, Roland, Maarten Mous &德里克·纳斯,2008。坦桑尼亚大裂谷地区。在Bernd Heine &;戴瑞克·纳斯主编,《非洲语言地理学》,186-227页。剑桥:剑桥大学出版社)将言语前的clitic集群确定为裂谷许多语言的普遍特征,并将言语前的clitic集群定位为“坦桑尼亚裂谷地区”的特征。目前的论文提供了跨区域语言的言语前clitic集群的进一步细节,并研究了这些结构的可能发展路线。从这个分析中,出现的画面是复杂的:接触场景不能局限于西裂谷缓冲语或其前身语言是发展前语言clitic集群的唯一模式,在Sandawe(也许还有Datooga变种)的情况下,似乎前语言clitic集群的发展根本不能与接触联系在一起。就这对坦桑尼亚大裂谷的“现实”意味着什么而言,本文放弃了关于地理划分的讨论或支持或反对“坦桑尼亚大裂谷地区”的论据,转而强调个别历史事件(c.f. Campbell, Lyle. 2017)。为什么定义一个语言区域如此困难?在雷蒙德·希基(编),区域语言学的剑桥手册,19-39。剑桥:剑桥大学出版社),这可能会在我们的样本语言中产生言语前的clitic集群,并鼓励从语言学和跨学科的角度继续研究这些历史的本质。
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Editorial: JALL welcomes new Editors 社论:JALL 欢迎新编辑
IF 0.5 4区 文学 0 LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS Pub Date : 2023-10-01 DOI: 10.1515/jall-2023-2013
F. Ameka
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Serge Sagna: Cross-Categorial Classification. Nouns and Verbs in Eegimaa 塞尔吉-萨尼亚跨类别分类。Eegimaa 中的名词和动词
IF 0.5 4区 文学 0 LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS Pub Date : 2023-10-01 DOI: 10.1515/jall-2023-2009
Olivier Bondéelle
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