morphology of argument marking in Zaghawa-Wagi

• Published in: Studies in African linguistics Vol. 50; no. 2; pp. 196 - 226
• Main Author: Compes, Isabel
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: LibraryPress@UF 18.09.2021
• Subjects: argument marking; Morphology; Nilo-Saharan; person indexes; plural marking; Zaghawa

This paper presents an analysis of the system of argument marking on the verb in Zaghawa. Zaghawa, also called Beria in the literature, is a Saharan language of the Nilo-Saharan language phylum spoken in the border region of Sudan and Chad. Like other Saharan languages, it has complex verbal morphol...