Open AccessMotion time and tense on the grammaticalization of come and go to future markers in Bantu
Author(s) -
Robert Botne
Publication year - 2006
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.v35i2.107307
Subject(s) - bantu languages , grammaticalization , linguistics , verb , motion (physics) , zulu , construals , relation (database) , computer science , history , artificial intelligence , psychology , construal level theory , philosophy , social psychology , database
Many Bantu languages have grammaticized one or both types of motion verb -COME and GO - as future markers. However, they may differ in the semantics of future temporal reference, in some cases referring to a "near" future, in others to a "remote" future. This paper explores how the underlying image-schemas of such verbs in several languages - Bamileke-Dschang, Bamun, and Lamnso' (Grass fields Bantu), Duala, Chimwera, Chindali, Kihunde, and Zulu (Narrow Bantu) - contribute to how the verbs become grammaticized in relation to the dual construals of linguistic time: ego-moving vs. moving-event.