Open AccessThe abscence of the linker in double object constructions in Nuu
Author(s) -
Christopher Collins
Publication year - 2004
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.v33i2.107334
Subject(s) - linker , object (grammar) , position (finance) , linguistics , dative case , property (philosophy) , computer science , stereochemistry , natural language processing , philosophy , chemistry , programming language , finance , epistemology , economics
The linker in Nluu appears before various types of nominal expressions, but not before the second object in a double object construction. Linkers in Khoisan languages such as +Hoan and Jul'hoansi do appear in this position. I will show that this property of the linker in Nluu is related to the fact that Nluu has a dative Case marker -a which appears after the first object of a DOC, whereas +Hoan and Jul'hoansi do not. 1.