A SEMANTIC DESCRIPTION OF TEMPORAL REFERENCE IN THE KIKUYU VERB

It is proposed that the basic organization of verbal paradigm reflects an underlying distinction between "manifest" & "imminent" episodes. Forms having a tense prefix & a distinct aspect infix describe episodes that are manifest, in the sense of being fully realized at th...

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Veröffentlicht in:Studies in African linguistics 1980-12, Vol.11 (3), p.269-320
1. Verfasser: Johnson, Marion R
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Sprache:eng
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