Mary Esther Kropp Dakubu

List of John Benjamins publications in which Mary Esther Kropp Dakubu is involved.

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Aspect and Modality in Kwa Languages

Edited by Felix K. Ameka and Mary Esther Kropp Dakubu

This book explores the thesis that in the Kwa languages of West Africa, aspect and modality are more central to the grammar of the verb than tense. Where tense marking has emerged it is invariably in the expression of the future, and therefore concerned with the impending actualization or… read more

[Studies in Language Companion Series, 100] 2008. ix, 335 pp.

Kropp Dakubu, Mary Esther and Lars Hellan 2017 A labeling system for valency: Linguistic coverage and applications Contrastive Studies in Verbal Valency, Hellan, Lars, Andrej L. Malchukov and Michela Cennamo (eds.), pp. 109–149 | Chapter

We illustrate a format forvalencerepresentation calledthe Construction Labeling system (CL),earlier presented inHellan and Dakubu 2010, which can be used in annotation of single examples and in enumerations and collections of valency types. It is applicable across language families… read more

Kropp Dakubu, Mary Esther 2010 Review of Aboh & Essegbey (2010): Topics in Kwa syntax Studies in Language 34:2, pp. 442–452 | Review

Kropp Dakubu, Mary Esther 2010 Review of Dimmendaal (2009): Coding participant marking: Construction types in twelve African languages Studies in Language 34:2, pp. 417–426 | Review

Ameka, Felix K. and Mary Esther Kropp Dakubu 2008 Imperfective constructions: Progressive and prospective in Ewe and Dangme Aspect and Modality in Kwa Languages, Ameka, Felix K. and Mary Esther Kropp Dakubu (eds.), pp. 215–289 | Article

Ameka, Felix K. and Mary Esther Kropp Dakubu 2008 Introduction Aspect and Modality in Kwa Languages, Ameka, Felix K. and Mary Esther Kropp Dakubu (eds.), pp. 1–7 | Article

Kropp Dakubu, Mary Esther 2008 Ga verb features Aspect and Modality in Kwa Languages, Ameka, Felix K. and Mary Esther Kropp Dakubu (eds.), pp. 91–134 | Article