Adjective Classes - A Cross-Linguistic Typology
238 Ho-min Sohn There are some lexical or morphosyntactic characteristics correlated with the above semantic types. For example, ...
9 The Adjective Class in Korean 239 issta 'exist', epsta 'not exist, absent', and kyeysita 'stay' (honorific) maybe viewed as fo ...
240 Ho-min Sohn (30) Verb (a) chita, ttaylita 'hit' ketta 'walk' tahta 'arrive' tephta 'cover' elisekta 'stupid' (b) elta 'freez ...
9 The Adjective Class in Korean 241 Korean appears to be close to the Dyirbal type as far as the native stock is con- cerned. Wh ...
10 Is THERE AN ADJECTIVE CLASS IN WOLOF? Fiona Me Laughlin Introduction One of the striking characteristics of many Niger-Cong ...
10 Is there an Adjective Class in Wolof? 243 (1) xale bu rafet child REL pretty 'a pretty child' (2) xale bu xam child REL know ...
244 Fiona Me Laughlin 1.1. INTRODUCTION TO WOLOF Wolof, along with its sister languages Fula and Seereer, is a member of the nor ...
10 Is there an Adjective Class in Wolof? 245 Dem nga Ndakaaru isg:PERF Dem na Ndakaaru 3sg:PERF Dem nanu Ndakaaru ipl:PERF Dem n ...
246 Fiona Me Laughlin 2.1. VERBAL EXTENSIONS Verbal stems in Wolof may be expanded by derivational extensions of which there are ...
10 Is there an Adjective Class in Wolof? 247 illustrated in (14), or sitting down (toog), as in (15). (14) Ci ngoon, dama-y sonn ...
248 Fiona Me Laughlin 2.4. BASIC CLAUSE TYPES Wolof exhibits the three basic clause types: transitive, intransitive, and copula ...
10 Is there an Adjective Class in Wolof? 249 (28) *Maalik di njool Malik COP ADj:tall (29) *Maalik njool la Malik ADj:tall 3Sg:O ...
250 Fiona Me Laughlin 3 Relative clauses Relative clauses in Wolof may be either indefinite or definite. The syntactic behav- io ...
10 Is there an Adjective Class in Wolof? 251 phrase, as in (39) and (40), or it may constitute a noun phrase itself, as in (41). ...
252 Fiona Me Laughlin The NP that is modified by the relative clause may be in subject position, as in (44)-(45), or in object p ...
10 Is there an Adjective Class in Wolof? 253 (51) (a) nit ku ragal ki person REL ADj:fearful DBF "The fearful person (b) nit ki ...
254 Fiona Me Laughlin A tense marker may also extend an adjectival predicate causing it to behave in a verb-like manner in defin ...
10 Is there an Adjective Class in Wolof? 255 (60) Dafa daw japp ko door ko ba mu daanu 3Sg:s v:run v:catch 3Sg:o v:hit 3Sg:o unt ...
256 Fiona Me Laughlin 4.1. A NOTE ON IDEOPHONES Ideophones in Wolof can either accompany a verb as an intensifier and are thus k ...
10 Is there an Adjective Class in Wolof? 257 meaning when applied to humans. Members of this class include, among others, nooy ' ...
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