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Title On the semantics of Tarifiyt verbs of seeing
Full text http://www.serena.unina.it/index.php/jalalit/article/view/10032
Date 2023
Author(s) Kossmann, M.G.
Abstract The Amazigh (aka Berber) language Tarifiyt has two different roots for 'to see', ẓr, and w@, which are in partial complementary distribution depending on the aspect of the verb. In this article, the exact distribution of these verb roots is discussed for one paticular variety of Tarifiyt, that spoken in and around the city of Nador. It is shown that there are two, partially overlapping, verbs, one 'to go/come and see', which is always expressed by ẓr, and the other a general 'see' verb, which uses the root w@ in the Imperfective stems, and ẓr in the Aorist and Perfective stems. However, the distribution is more complicated than that, and in the negation of irrealis events, Imperfective ẓr can also be used with the general 'see' verb. Moreover, it is shown that the choice of the aspect in the general 'see' verb is different in its details from that of other verbs, something that it may share with other verbs of experience perception. - Descriptive and Comparative Linguistics
Subject(s) Tarifiyt; Amazigh Linguistics; Berber Linguistics; Perception Verbs; Aspect and Semantics
Language en
Type of publication Article / Letter to editor; info:eu-repo/semantics/article; Text
Format application/pdf
Source Journal of African Languages and Literatures
Identifier doi:10.6093/jalalit.v4i4.10032; lucris-id:1262388960
Repository Leiden - University of Leiden
Added to C-A: 2023-06-21;10:11:26