Research Paper
Going in the clause: ba and be in Santome
Author:
Tjerk Hagemeijer
Departamento de Linguística Geral e Românica, Faculdade de Letras, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal, PT
Abstract
This paper investigates the distribution and the properties of the two allomorphs that stand for the verb ‘to go’ in Santome. From the analysis of a range of grammatical properties, such as Case-marking, extraposition, pseudoreflexivisation and serialisation, I conclude that directed motion verbs are unspecified in the lexicon with respect to transitivity. Furthermore, the data show that there is a default form for ‘to go’, which I assume to be merged into the derivation. The non-default form can only be derived post-syntactically if special requirements are met.
How to Cite:
Hagemeijer, T. (2004). Going in the clause: ba and be in Santome. Journal of Portuguese Linguistics, 3(2), 71–95. DOI: http://doi.org/10.5334/jpl.12
Published on
30 Sep 2004.
Peer Reviewed
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