Event Title

Imperfective in the Absence of Perfective: -ag in East Ruvu Bantu

Publication Date

2020

Start Date

14-11-2020 2:40 PM

End Date

14-11-2020 3:00 PM

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The goal of this paper is to account for the preferred habitual readings of -ag in the ER languages. We propose that (i) this preference is due the lack of other verbal habitual constructions in ER, and (ii) the loss of a dedicated perfective morpheme in ER languages has led to a narrowing of the function of -ag. Our account has implications for an understanding of the development of temporal/aspectual systems in Bantu languages and beyond.

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Imperfective in the Absence of Perfective: -ag in East Ruvu Bantu

The goal of this paper is to account for the preferred habitual readings of -ag in the ER languages. We propose that (i) this preference is due the lack of other verbal habitual constructions in ER, and (ii) the loss of a dedicated perfective morpheme in ER languages has led to a narrowing of the function of -ag. Our account has implications for an understanding of the development of temporal/aspectual systems in Bantu languages and beyond.

See full abstract linked below.