Reduction of noun classes and the emergence of semantic classification in Bafanji
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2012
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2012
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WOCAL 7 (World Conference of African Linguistics), Buea, Cameroon, University of Buea, Aug 20-24, 2012
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10 pages
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The noun class system of Bafanji is an interesting case within Grassfields Bantu of a shift in agreement systems: the demonstratives reveal the change currently in process, moving from noun class agreement to animacy/number agreement – semantic properties of the noun.
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Entry Number:
96098