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Entre modalité et conditionnalité : l’analyse de corpus du préfixe verbal oo- en kirundi (bantou, JD62)

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In the Bantu language Kirundi (JD62), the verbal prefix oo- has traditionally been described as either conditional or potential. In this article, we show by means of a corpus-based analysis of its uses that it is first and foremost a modal prefix, and its conditional use is only a secondary development.
Journal: STUDIES IN AFRICAN LINGUISTICS
ISSN: 2154-428X
Issue: 2
Volume: 49
Pages: 241 - 272
Publication year:2020
Accessibility:Open