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Pasch, Helma (2012). From anaphoric pronoun to copula in Zande. In: Proceedings, 6th World Congress of African Linguistics, Cologne 2009, pp. 489-500. Köln: Rüdiger Köppe. ISBN 978-3-89645-199-6

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Abstract

In Zande there is a particle ni which has two syntactic functions. The first one is that of an ana¬phoric pronoun (cf. ex. 1. for its use as a possessive pronoun) which is neutral with regard to gender, number, and syntactic function. The second function is that of a copula (ex. 2. and 3.). My hypothesis is that this copula has developed in a process of grammaticalisation from the anaphoric pronoun. The aim of the present paper is to outline this development and the conditions which allowed for it to take place.

Item Type:	Book Section
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Pasch, Helma ama14@uni-koeln.de UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
Editors:	Editors Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Brenzinger, Matthias UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Fehn, Anne-Maria UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-49338
Title of Book:	Proceedings, 6th World Congress of African Linguistics, Cologne 2009
Page Range:	pp. 489-500
Number of Pages:	0
Date:	7 August 2012
Publisher:	Rüdiger Köppe
Place of Publication:	Köln
ISBN:	978-3-89645-199-6
Language:	English
Faculty:	Faculty of Arts and Humanities
Divisions:	Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Fächergruppe 4: Außereuropäische Sprachen, Kulturen und Gesellschaften > Institut für Afrikanistik und Ägyptologie
Subjects:	Language, Linguistics
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language Zande UNSPECIFIED Copula UNSPECIFIED grammaticalization UNSPECIFIED
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/4933