Accounting for the three readings of the causative morpheme in Kîîtharaka

The Kîîtharaka causative morpheme (-ith) conveys three readings, a coercive reading, an adversative reading and an assistive reading. This paper argues that these three readings can be captured if it assumed that the causative morpheme itself, as stored in the lexicon, contains the three readings hi...

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Published inNordic journal of African studies Vol. 19; no. 3; pp. 181 - 200
Main Author Muriungi, Peter
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Nordic Africa Research Network 01.09.2010
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Accounting
Adverse selection
Causal analysis
Hierarchy
Lexicology
Reading
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Summary:The Kîîtharaka causative morpheme (-ith) conveys three readings, a coercive reading, an adversative reading and an assistive reading. This paper argues that these three readings can be captured if it assumed that the causative morpheme itself, as stored in the lexicon, contains the three readings hierarchically ordered, and that whenever there is any of the readings in the syntax, the causative morpheme can be inserted under the superset principle of Nanosyntax (Starke class lectures; Caha, 2007; Starke, 2009). Reproduced by permission of the Nordic Association of African Studies
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ISSN:1235-4481
1459-9465
DOI:10.53228/njas.v19i3.202