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

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.

Jaar van publicatie:2020

Toegankelijkheid:Open