Non-Canonical Switch-Reference in Serer
| dc.contributor.author | Apel, Viktoria | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2024-03-19T09:57:16Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2024-03-19T09:57:16Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2019-08-13 | |
| dc.description.abstract | This paper takes a closer look at third-person pronouns in the Atlantic language Serer. In canonical affirmative clauses, the language disposes of two sets of non-locative subject pronouns. Previous descriptions of the language relate their distribution to conjugation paradigms on the one hand and/or to construction types on the other. However, an analysis of corpus data clearly contradicts these claims. The data rather provide evidence for a functional account of these pronouns relating their distribution to non-canonical switch-reference -- in the sense that it deviates from the definition of prototypical instances of the latter. This finding contributes to the description of variations of switch-reference systems in general as well as to a more accurate typological profile of Serer. | |
| dc.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3367156 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://africarxiv.ubuntunet.net/handle/1/956 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://doi.org/10.60763/africarxiv/909 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://doi.org/10.60763/africarxiv/909 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://doi.org/10.60763/africarxiv/909 | |
| dc.subject | Serer | |
| dc.subject | Atlantic language | |
| dc.subject | switch-reference | |
| dc.title | Non-Canonical Switch-Reference in Serer |