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Linguistique Et Langues Africaines, N° 1, P L L LLA juin 2018 Linguistique A #04 et Langues 1. A selecção do vP cause em Nyungwe: Africaines Uma análise à luz de Pylkkänen Crisofia Langa da Camara 11 2. Kuteb Verbal Extensions vs. Bezen Verbal Serialization – A Comparison Viktoria Kempf 31 3. A Note on the Present Tenses in some Southern Tanzanian Bantu Languages Bastian Persohn & Rasmus Bernander 53 4. Consonant Voicing, Tonal Morphemes, and Downstep in Gwari #04 Kolawole Adeniyi & Ben Elugbe 77 Juin 2018 Notes & Documents Les processus tonals en koyó Régina Patience Ikemou 101 Comptes-rendus / Book Reviews Sokhna Bao Diop, Le Baynunk guñaamolo, une langue du sud du Sénégal : Analyse phonologique, morphologique et syntaxique par Noël-Bernard Biagui 117 Sabine Littig, Linguistische Beschreibung des Kolbila. Eine Adamawaspracheder Nord- region Kameruns par Aurore Montébran 122 Manuele Bandeira, Reconstrução fonológica e lexical do protocrioulo do Golfo da Guiné, _ A selecção do vP cause em Nyungwe: par Jean-Louis Rougé 129 LLA Uma análise à luz de Pylkkänen John Vanderelst, A Grammar of Dagik, Linguistique _ Kuteb Verbal Extensions vs. Bezen par Thilo C. Schadeberg 133 Verbal Serialization – A Comparison Sara Petrollino, A Grammar of Hamar. et Langues A South Omotic Language of Ethiopia, _ A Note on the Present Tenses in some par Yvonne Treis 140 Africaines Southern Tanzanian Bantu Languages _ Consonant Voicing, Tonal Morphemes, and Downstep in Gwari _ Les processus tonals en koyó _ Comptes-rendus / Book Reviews #04 En couverture : Partie de babyfoot au Cap-Vert (côte est de l’île de Santiago, dans les environs de Pedra Badejo), photo : Nicolas Quint 2008. Design : Jean-Irénée Cuin ISSN 2429-2230 Production - diffusion : Éditions Lambert-Lucas ISBN 978-2-35935-256-6 20 € L L LLA juin 2018 Linguistique A #04 et Langues 1. A selecção do vP cause em Nyungwe: Africaines Uma análise à luz de Pylkkänen Crisofia Langa da Camara 11 2. Kuteb Verbal Extensions vs. Bezen Verbal Serialization – A Comparison Viktoria Kempf 31 3. A Note on the Present Tenses in some Southern Tanzanian Bantu Languages Bastian Persohn & Rasmus Bernander 53 4. Consonant Voicing, Tonal Morphemes, and Downstep in Gwari #04 Kolawole Adeniyi & Ben Elugbe 77 Juin 2018 Notes & Documents Les processus tonals en koyó Régina Patience Ikemou 101 Comptes-rendus / Book Reviews Sokhna Bao Diop, Le Baynunk guñaamolo, une langue du sud du Sénégal : Analyse phonologique, morphologique et syntaxique par Noël-Bernard Biagui 117 Sabine Littig, Linguistische Beschreibung des Kolbila. Eine Adamawaspracheder Nord- region Kameruns par Aurore Montébran 122 Manuele Bandeira, Reconstrução fonológica e lexical do protocrioulo do Golfo da Guiné, _ A selecção do vP cause em Nyungwe: par Jean-Louis Rougé 129 LLA Uma análise à luz de Pylkkänen John Vanderelst, A Grammar of Dagik, Linguistique _ Kuteb Verbal Extensions vs. Bezen par Thilo C. Schadeberg 133 Verbal Serialization – A Comparison Sara Petrollino, A Grammar of Hamar. et Langues A South Omotic Language of Ethiopia, _ A Note on the Present Tenses in some par Yvonne Treis 140 Africaines Southern Tanzanian Bantu Languages _ Consonant Voicing, Tonal Morphemes, and Downstep in Gwari _ Les processus tonals en koyó _ Comptes-rendus / Book Reviews #04 En couverture : Partie de babyfoot au Cap-Vert (côte est de l’île de Santiago, dans les environs de Pedra Badejo), photo : Nicolas Quint 2008. Design : Jean-Irénée Cuin ISSN 2429-2230 Production - diffusion : Éditions Lambert-Lucas ISBN 978-2-35935-256-6 20 € International Journal edited by Revue internationale éditée par le LLACAN (UMR 8135 CNRS / INALCO / PRES Sorbonne Paris Cité) # 4 – 2018 Diffusion Éditions Lambert-Lucas 4 rue d’Isly - 87000 LIMOGES (France) Tél 05 55 77 12 36 Por 06 07 41 04 25 Cette revue est en accès libre téléchargeable sur le site des éditions Lambert-Lucas n° 1, juin 2015 : http://www.lambert-lucas.com/linguistique-langues-africaines-1 n° 2, juin 2016 : http://www.lambert-lucas.com/linguistique-langues-africaines-2 n° 3, juin 2017 : http://www.lambert-lucas.com/linguistique-langues-africaines-3 n° 4, juin 2018 : http://www.lambert-lucas.com/linguistique-langues-africaines-4 (etc.) Pour des exemplaires sur papier, merci d’écrire à [email protected] © Éditions Lambert-Lucas, 2018 ISSN 2429-2230 ISBN 978-2-35935-256-6 Comité scientifique Emilio BONVINI (LLACAN, CNRS), Denis CREISSELS (DDL, Université Lyon 2), Claude HAGÈGE (EPHE), Bernd HEINE (University of Cologne), Larry HYMAN (University of California - Berkeley), Sambieni KOFFI (Université d’Abomey-Calavi), Jérémie KOUADIO (Université d’Abi- djan), Friederike LÜPKE (SOAS, University of London), Gudrun MIEHE (University of Bayreuth), Maarten MOUS (Leiden University), PaPe Alioune NDAO (Université Cheikh Anta DioP de Dakar), Margarida PETTERS (Universidade de São Paulo), Thilo SCHADEBERG (Leiden University), John MCWHORTER (Columbia University). Comité de rédaction Nicolas AUBRY (LLACAN, INaLCO), Pascal BOYELDIEU (LLACAN, CNRS), James ESSEGBEY (University of Florida), Gwenaëlle FABRE (LLL, Université d’Orléans), Maximilien GUÉRIN (LLACAN, CNRS), Stefano MANFREDI (Sedyl, CNRS), Sylvester OSU (LLL, Université de Tours), Cédric PATIN (STL, Université de Lille), Marie-Claude SIMEONE- SENELLE (LLACAN, CNRS), Lameen SOUAG (Lacito, CNRS), Yvonne TREIS (LLACAN, CNRS), Valentin VYDRIN (LLACAN, INaLCO), Kofi YAKPO (University of Hong-Kong). Rédaction Paulette ROULON-DOKO (LLACAN, CNRS), Nicolas QUINT (LLACAN, CNRS), Loïc-Michel PERRIN (LLACAN, INalCO). Administration Jeanne ZERNER Directeur de la publication Mark VAN DE VELDE Contact LLACAN (UMR 8135, camPus du CNRS) 7, rue Guy-Môquet 94801 VILLEJUIF Cedex - France httP://llacan.vjf.cnrs.fr/lla [email protected] Consignes de soumission httP://llacan.vjf.cnrs.fr/lla Comptes-rendus Les ouvrages sont à adresser à Maximilien Guérin ([email protected]) (s/c de Nicolas Quint et Yvonne Treis) LLACAN (UMR 8135, camPus du CNRS) 7, rue Guy-Môquet 94801 VILLEJUIF Cedex - France Sommaire / Contents 1. A selecção do vP cause em Nyungwe: Uma análise à luz de Pylkkänen ..................................................... 11 Crisofia Langa da Camara 2. Kuteb Verbal Extensions vs. Bezen Verbal Serialisation – A Comparison ................................................................................ 31 Victoria Kempf 3. A Note on the Present Tenses in Some Southern Tanzanian Bantu Languages ............................................................................ 53 Bastian Persohn & Rasmus Bernander 4. Consonant Voicing, Tonal Morphemes, and Downstep in Gwari . 77 Kolawole Adeniyi & Ben Elugbe Notes & Documents Les processus tonals en koyó .............................................................. 101 Régina Patience Ikemou Comptes-rendus / Book Reviews Sokhna Bao Diop Le Baynunk guñaamolo, une langue du sud du Sénégal : Analyse phonologique, morphologique et syntaxique .................... 117 par Noël-Bernard Biagui Sabine Littig Linguistische Beschreibung des Kolbila. Eine Adamawasprache der Nordregion Kameruns ............................................................. 122 par Aurore Montébran Manuele Bandeira Reconstrução fonológica e lexical do protocrioulo do golfo da Guiné ........................................................................... 129 par Jean-Louis Rougé LINGUISTIQUE ET LANGUES D’AFRIQUE # 4 10 John Vanderelst A Grammar of Dagik ...................................................................... 133 par Thilo C. Schadeberg Sara Petrollino A Grammar of Hamar. A South Omotic Language of Ethiopia ..... 140 par Yvonne Treis 1 A Selecção do vCause em Nyungwe: Uma análise à luz de Pylkkänen (2002, 2008) 1 Crisofia Cristovao LANGA DA CAMARA Center for Arican Studies, Eduardo Mondlane University, Maputo Resumo Desde Pylkkänen (2002, 2008) sabe-se que o complemento dos núcleos causativos varia de língua para língua e esta variação tem consequências na morfologia, sintaxe e semântica. Pylkkänen propõe três tipos de com- plementos dos núcleos causativos: uma raiz, um VP e um vP-fásico. A definição destes complementos é baseada em três diagnósticos: a posição da morfologia causativa em relação ao radical verbal, a interpretação de advérbios orientados para o agente e o escopo relativo dos argumentos aplicativos e causativos. Aplicados estes diagnósticos à língua Nyungwe, os resultados mostram que o núcleo Causativo seleciona um vP-fásico. Palavras-chaves Línguas bantu, verbos, construções causativas, selecção do núcleo Causativo, modificação adverbial. Sélection du vCause en nyungwe : une analyse fondée sur Pylkkänen (2002, 2008) Resumé Depuis Pylkkänen (2002, 2008) on sait que le complément des noyaux causatifs varie en fonction de la langue considérée et que ce type de variation a des conséquences aux niveaux morphologique, syntaxique et sémantique. Pylkkänen affirme l’existence de trois types de compléments 1. Agradeço aos dois falantes de Nyungwe que se predispuseram a responder o questionário cujos dados ajudaram na produção deste artigo. Agradeço igualmente aos revisores anónimos cujos comentários ajudaram imenso na discussão que fazemos neste artigo. Contudo, é a mim que deve ser imputada toda e qualquer deficiência que o artigo tiver. 12 CRISOFIA CRISTOVAO LANGA DA CAMARA des noyaux causatifs: racine, VP et vP-phasique. La définition de ces compléments se fonde sur trois critères: position des morphèmes causatifs par rapport au radical verbal, interprétation des adverbes orientés vers l’agent et portée relative des arguments applicatifs et causatifs. Quand on applique ces critères
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