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The Morphosyntax of (anti) causatives in Wolof
dc.contributor.advisor | Torrence, Harold | |
dc.contributor.author | Tamba, Khady | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2011-01-03T03:39:12Z | |
dc.date.available | 2011-01-03T03:39:12Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2010-06-14 | |
dc.date.submitted | 2010 | |
dc.identifier.other | http://dissertations.umi.com/ku:10978 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1808/6995 | |
dc.description.abstract | The causative/anticausative alternation in Wolof follows four distinct patterns. I show that a derivation approach to Wolof verbs cannot work as a unified approach because of the presence of directed, labile and equipollent alternations. I argue that the (anti) causative alternation can be accounted for within the framework of Distributed Morphology. Within this framework verbs are created in the syntax when a root selected in the lexicon merges with a "verbifiying" head. In Wolof that head can be either silent or overt with both the causative and anticausative verbs. I also show that the suffix -u found in certain types of anticausatives have different properties depending on the type of verb it is attached to. Indeed with some verbs it has a pure anticausative property (no implicit agent) whereas in other contexts it does have an implicit agent. | |
dc.format.extent | 73 pages | |
dc.language.iso | en | |
dc.publisher | University of Kansas | |
dc.rights | This item is protected by copyright and unless otherwise specified the copyright of this thesis/dissertation is held by the author. | |
dc.subject | Language, linguistics | |
dc.subject | Anticausative | |
dc.subject | Causative | |
dc.subject | Distributed | |
dc.subject | Middle | |
dc.subject | Morphology | |
dc.subject | Root | |
dc.subject | Wolof language-- syntax | |
dc.title | The Morphosyntax of (anti) causatives in Wolof | |
dc.type | Thesis | |
dc.contributor.cmtemember | Gabriele, Alison | |
dc.contributor.cmtemember | Rosen, Sara | |
dc.thesis.degreeDiscipline | Linguistics | |
dc.thesis.degreeLevel | M.A. | |
kusw.oastatus | na | |
kusw.oapolicy | This item does not meet KU Open Access policy criteria. | |
dc.rights.accessrights | openAccess |
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