Open AccessLes séries verbales en Baoulé questions de morphosyntaxe et de sémantique
Author(s) -
Jérémie Kouadio N’Guessan
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
studies in african linguistics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.178
H-Index - 4
eISSN - 2154-428X
pISSN - 0039-3533
DOI - 10.32473/sal.v29i1.107371
Subject(s) - linguistics , verb , reflexive verb , homogeneous , modal verb , psychology , philosophy , mathematics , combinatorics
This article demonstrates, from morphological and syntactic facts, the existence of serial verbs in Baoule. The analysis illustrates the difference between serial verb constructions, simple conjoined verbs, and auxiliary verb/nominalized verb constructions. The author proposes that serial verbs do not constitute a homogeneous category in Baoule. In order to deal efficiently with serial verbs, it is necessary to combine morphosyntactic features with lexical information.