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In:Afroasiatic: Data and perspectives
Edited by Mauro Tosco
[Current Issues in Linguistic Theory 339] 2018
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The imperfective in Berber

Evidence of innovated forms and functions

Published online: 1 February 2018
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https://doi.org/10.1075/cilt.339.06laf
Abstract
This article analyzes the morphological oppositions and semantic distinctions that originate from transformation processes regarding the imperfective in Berber. The synchronic and diachronic phenomena studied in this contribution offer examples of how language is continually modulated through innovations that emerge in structurally layered and causal formations dictated by system-based properties.
Article outline
  • 1.Introduction
  • 2.The Berber verbal system
  • 3.The negative imperfective in Berber
  • 4.Innovations in the Berber verbal system
    • 4.1Innovations in the Tuareg verb
    • 4.2Innovations in the Tarifit verb
  • 5.Conclusion
  • Notes
  • References
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