Bastian Persohn
List of John Benjamins publications for which Bastian Persohn plays a role.
Articles
2024 Phasal polarity in Tunisian Arabic Studies in Language 48:1, pp. 121–180 | Article
This paper gives a corpus-based descriptive account of the phasal polarity system (still, already, not yet, and no longer) in the Arabic vernacular of Tunisia. The aim is to broaden the empirical foundations for cross-linguistic research in this domain, and to narrow the gap between typologically… read more
2022 Non-culmination in two Bantu languages Studies in Language 46:1, pp. 76–132 | Article
This paper describes an exploratory approach to two related aspectual phenomena, non-culminating accomplishments and non-culminating construals of implied-result verbs, in the Bantu languages Xhosa and Nyakyusa. While documented for a diverse array of languages, leading to the identification of… read more