Auxiliary verb constructions in Wolof and neighboring languages: a case-study to rethink the notion of auxiliary in general linguistics

Auxiliary verb constructions in the languages of Africa

Auxiliary verb constructions–constructions with two or more elements of verbal origin, one of which

Modal auxiliary verb constructions in East African Bantu languages

In this article we offer an overview of the use of modal auxiliary verb constructions in East Africa

Contrastive negation in Beja: the auxiliary verb rib

International audience Le bedja illustre un type particulier de morphogenèse de la né

Nordic Journal of African Studies Vol. 35 No. 1 (2026): NJAS Special Issue: Auxiliary Verb Constructions in Bantu Languages

Special issue of Nordic Journal of African Studies<

The grammaticalisation of verb-auxiliary order in East African Bantu

Abstract Bantu languages employ a combination of simple and compound verb forms to encode tense-asp

The curious case of auxiliary -manya in Lwitaxo

Lwitaxo, one of the Luhya languages of Kenya, has an auxiliary verb of the form -many’a that occurs