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The reflexive in Kalenjin: Its syntactic status and semantic functions

Domain:

natural language processing

Record type:

paper
Creator:
ZwaCheJer
Publisher:
Language Science Press
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Kalenjin kee(y) is typically treated as an arity-reducing verbal suffix with reflexive(and reciprocal) meaning. However, we show that it is actually a separate word witha typologically unusual combination of two functions: it can be the object of a verbor preposition (contributing an arity-reducing ‘middle’ meaning that is broaderthan just reflexive and reciprocal) or it can modify pronouns (with an intensifyingmeaning).

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KalenjinKipsigis

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