Blar i forfatter Mastergradsoppgaver i språk "Appiah, Esther Dansoa"
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Causativisation and Applicativisation with the Grammaticalised Verb De in Akan
Appiah, Esther Dansoa (Mastergradsoppgave; Master thesis, 2023-05-16)The thesis investigates a grammaticalised verb de, reanalysed as a semi/functional element which is involved in valency changing operations such as causativisation and applicativisation in Akan. The causative and applicative use of the morpheme points to a polysemous syncretism (Franco 2019) in the language. De is realised as three different heads with different functions: as a causer, an ...