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The Bantu connective construction
- Author(s): Mark L.O. Van de Velde 1
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View Affiliations Hide AffiliationsAffiliations:1 LLACAN – CNRS
- Source: The Genitive , pp 217-252
- Publication Date July 2013
The Bantu equivalent of a genitive construction, a construction in which a nominal constituent modifies another one, is part of a family of constructions commonly called the connective construction. This paper analyses the family of Bantu connective constructions from a perspective inspired by canonical typology. I first define a canonical type and subsequently discuss departures from this type along five dimensions. The resulting picture shows a functionally extremely versatile construction type in a grammatical space that lacks clear-cut boundaries between genitives, adjectives and relative clauses. Connective constructions are a frequent source of lexicalisation, and of grammaticalisation patterns that often lead to agreement in unusual places.
- Affiliations: 1: LLACAN – CNRS
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