TAM Markers and Absence of TAM Markers in Auxiliary-Main Verb Phrases in Kiswahili. A Study of their Patterns and Distributions - Couverture rigide

Amidu, Assibi A.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 3969393019 ISBN 13 : 9783969393017

Editeur : LINCOM GmbH, 2026

Synopsis

This book introduces the tense-aspect-mood (TAM) markers of Kiswahili and reveals how some TAM markers appear in both auxiliary and main verbs of the same auxiliary-main verb phrase or serial predicate construction (SPC), thus contradicting some of the assumptions and restrictions found in traditional and modern studies. Next, the book reveals a peculiarity of negative inflection in relativized auxiliary-main verb phrases or SPCs that contain in-verb relative markers. Firstly, a relativized verb occurs at V1, and its negative pattern is markedly distinct from the negative pattern of its non-relativized auxiliary-main verb phrase or SPC counterpart/s, revealing a diversity of negative patterns not hitherto referred to in the literature. Secondly, when a relativized auxiliary verb at V1 is negated in lieu of another verb in its sequence of verbs, it often signals a choice of negative domain not described in the literature. The book also illustrates how TAM markers interact with different auxiliary-main verb phrases or SPCs. Also, it draws attention to auxiliary-main verb phrases or SPCs that are characterized by absence of TAM markers, also called non-TAM markers (see Amidu 2025), before revealing that elements of both types combine to form other auxiliary-main verb phrases. The book brings to linguists, inter alia, new exciting information and evidence about TAM markers, absence of TAM markers, and about relativized verbs in auxiliary-main verb phrases or SPCs in Kiswahili.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: LINCOM GmbH
• Date d'édition: 2026
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 3969393019
• ISBN 13: 9783969393017
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 498
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible