Kisikongo (Bantu, H16a) present-future isomorphism
Article outline
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1.Introduction
- 2.Definitions and methodology
- 2.1Concepts and definitions
- 2.2Methodology
- 2.2.1Data sources
- 2.2.2Corpus queries
- 3.Grammars vs. corpus data: A diachronic assessment of the Kisikongo Present and Future constructions
- 3.1Mid-17th-century Kisikongo
- Simple present Ø-R-a
- Present imperfective Ø-R-ang-a
- Future ku-R-a
- Summary
- 3.2Late-19th- and early-20th-century Kisikongo
- Simple present Ø-R-a
- Present imperfective Ø-R-ang-a
- Future Ø-R-a
- Summary
- 3.3Late-20th- and early-21st-century Kisikongo
- Simple present Ø-R-a
- Present imperfective Ø-R-ang-a
- Future Ø-R-a
- Summary
- 3.4Overview and discussion
- 4.Reconstructing paradigmatic change
- 4.1The polysemy hypothesis
- 4.2The homonymy hypothesis
- 5.Conclusions
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Acknowledgements
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Notes
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Abbreviations
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References
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Appendix