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Action Nominal Constructions
Language:
Kanuri
Feature:
Action Nominal Constructions
by
Maria Koptjevskaja-Tamm
Value:
Mixed
Examples
Sentence igt-3384:
[Búkar ye shí ga Káno ro kɚngâ] səraána
[Búkar
Bukar
ye
nom
shí
he
ga
acc
Káno
Kano
ro
dat
kɚngâ]
follow.an
səraána
likes
’He likes that Bukar follows him to Kano. ((lit. ’Bukar’s following him to Kano’))
Sentence igt-3385:
shí ga Káno ro kɚngâ Búkar be
shí
he
ga
acc
Káno
Kano
ro
dat
kɚngâ
follow.an
Búkar
Bukar
be
gen
’Bukar’s following him to Kano.
References
Hutchison 1981
Cyffer 1998
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