Trends in the Study of Languages & Linguistics in Nigeria: A Festschrift for Philip Akụjụọobi NwachukwuOzo-mekuri Ndimele |
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Page 515
... intransitive subjects but never the plurality of transitive subjects , as in 3a & b . 3 ( a ) bu ' break ' vs bubu ' break many things ' ( b ) 4.0 wu ' die ' vs wuwu ' many die ' ( from Moravcsik 1978 : 260 taken from Christaller 1875 ...
... intransitive subjects but never the plurality of transitive subjects , as in 3a & b . 3 ( a ) bu ' break ' vs bubu ' break many things ' ( b ) 4.0 wu ' die ' vs wuwu ' many die ' ( from Moravcsik 1978 : 260 taken from Christaller 1875 ...
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... intransitive correlates . They differ as typically , they take no suffix , unlike those in 4.1.1 that do , and they split . A splitting verb occurs with an intervening object between the two segments of the verb , resulting in the verb ...
... intransitive correlates . They differ as typically , they take no suffix , unlike those in 4.1.1 that do , and they split . A splitting verb occurs with an intervening object between the two segments of the verb , resulting in the verb ...
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... ( intransitive ) ro - melev - ok ' to cure ' ( causative of intransitive ) CAUSE l'u - k ' to see ' ( monotransitive ) ra -l'u - get - ok ' to show ' ( causative of monotransitive ) CAUSE öl ' die ' ( intransitive ) öl - dur ' kill ...
... ( intransitive ) ro - melev - ok ' to cure ' ( causative of intransitive ) CAUSE l'u - k ' to see ' ( monotransitive ) ra -l'u - get - ok ' to show ' ( causative of monotransitive ) CAUSE öl ' die ' ( intransitive ) öl - dur ' kill ...
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Applied Linguistics Sociolinguistics | 21 |
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