Publications

Publication details [#10592]

Contini-Morava, Ellen. 1989. Discourse pragmatics and semantic categorization: The case of negation and tense-aspect with special reference to Swahili. De Gruyter Mouton. ix + 205 pp.

Publication type

Book – monograph

Publication language

English

Keywords

affirmative | aspect | negation | tense

Language as a subject

Swahili

Annotation

Starting from the observation that it is common among the languages of the world to find tense-aspect systems that are asymmetrical with respect to affirmative vs negative, C. studies this asymmetrical relationship in Swahili. In the end some cross-linguistic observations and theoretical implications are formulated.

Reviewed by

Schadeberg, Thilo C. 1990. Review of E.Contini-Morava (1989: Discourse pragmatics and semantic categorization: The case of negation and tense-aspect with special reference to Swahili').

Wald, Benji. 1991. Review of $Discourse pragmatics and semantic categorization: The case of negation and tense-aspect with special reference to Swahili.