oai:hughandbecky.us:0030
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OLAC Record oai:hughandbecky.us:0030 |
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| Title: | Semantics of u̱t‑Maꞌin noun classes | |
| Abstract: | I explore evidence for semantic cohesion and semantic assignment criteria to U̱t‑Maꞌin noun class pairings, the distribution of loanwords semantic regularities, and the distribution of verbal nouns throughout the noun classes. | |
| Bibliographic Citation: | Paterson, Rebecca D. 2012. Semantics of U̱t‑Maꞌin noun classes. In Roger Blench and Stuart McGill (eds.). [Advances in minority language research in Nigeria](https://www.koeppe.de/titel_advances-in-minority-language-research-in-nigeria-vol-i), vol. 1, (Kay Williamson Educational Foundation African languages monographs 5) 239-272. Köln: Rüdiger Köppe. | |
| Contributor (author): | Rebecca Dow Smith Paterson | |
| Contributor (editor): | Roger M. Blench | |
| Stuart McGill | ||
| Description: | This paper is an overview of the noun class groupings in the Ror variety of u̱t‑Maꞌin, a Benue‑Congo language belonging to the Kainji subgroup. There are thirteen noun classes that form into eighteen singular-plural pairs ([Smith 2007](/Becky-CV/publication/2007-thesis/)). Semantic properties characterize most clearly the singular-plural pairings. For example, most animals, crops and tree fruits occur in pairing 7u/2; pairing 5/6 contains mostly inanimate referents that can be characterized as round. However, the few animate members of pairing 5/6 are also considered round by u̱t‑Maꞌin speakers. Humanness, animacy, shape and size serve as the primary criteria for the assignment of a noun to a particular class or pairing. I present evidence for the semantic cohesion and semantic assignment criteria from the derivational relationships that exist between classes as well as from the distribution of loan words throughout the classes. Each noun class pairing and unpaired class (used for non-count and mass nouns) are discussed for semantic regularities and notable exceptions. I further discuss how verbal nouns are found in five of the thirteen noun classes. | |
| Identifier (URI): | https://hughandbecky.us/Becky-CV/publication/2012-semantics-of-utmain-noun-classes/ | |
| urn:isbn:9783896454263 | ||
| Language: | English | |
| Language (ISO639): | eng | |
| Publisher: | Rüdiger Köppe | |
| Subject: | morphology | |
| syntax | ||
| Noun Classes | ||
| u̱t‑Maꞌin | ||
| Kainji | ||
| Nouns | ||
| Grammar | ||
| Nigeria | ||
| u̱t‑MaꞌRor | ||
| ut-Ma'in language | ||
| Subject (ISO639): | gel | |
| Subject (OLAC): | morphology | |
| syntax | ||
| Type (OLAC): | language_description | |
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| Archive: | Rebecca Paterson's Interactive Research Portfolio | |
| Description: | http://www.language-archives.org/archive/hughandbecky.us | |
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| OaiIdentifier: | oai:hughandbecky.us:0030 | |
| DateStamp: | 2021-02-22 | |
| GetRecord: | OAI-PMH request for simple DC format | |
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| Citation: | Rebecca Dow Smith Paterson. n.d. Rüdiger Köppe. | |
| Terms: | area_Africa area_Europe country_GB country_NG iso639_eng iso639_gel olac_language_description olac_morphology olac_syntax | |
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| Country: | Nigeria | |
| Area: | Africa | |