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Publication details [#56216]

Meeuwis, Michael and Koen Stroeken. 2012. Non-situational functions of demonstrative noun phrases in Lingala (Bantu). Pragmatics 22 (1) : 147–166.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

demonstrative reference | form | function | grammaticalization | pragmatic function

Language as a subject

Lingala

Place, Publisher

International Pragmatics Association

Journal DOI

10.1075/prag

Annotation

This study discusses the non-situational pragmatic functions of óyo, wâná, and yangó, three adnominal Lingala demonstratives, maps their eventual grammaticalization paths and reviews effects on pragmatic form-function (relation) theory formation.