Some notes on the encoding of property concepts in Vai from a typological and comparative Central Mande perspective

Mandenkan

关键词: Property Concepts;    Qualification;    Stative Verbs;    Quality Verbs;    Adjective Principle;    Vai;   

DOI  :  10.4000/mandenkan.347

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

This paper investigates the different encoding strategies used for the expression of property concepts in Vai. Following Stassen (1997), it is shown that, viewed cross-linguistically, Vai represents an extreme case in that it makes use of four different encoding strategies (two non-verbal and two verbal ones). The multiple split of the property concept words in Vai is examined by drawing on the semantic types of Dixon (1977; 2004) as well as Givón’s (1984) Time Stability Scale. Moreover, the two verbal strategies, that is, the factative and the stative construction, are discussed from a Central Mande perspective.

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