An argument analysis of cognate objects in Dschang (Yemba)

Zhuo Chen, Blake Lehman

Abstract


Focusing on the Foto dialect of Dschang (Yemba), an understudied Grassfields Bantu language spoken in Cameroon, this paper offers a cross-linguistic perspective on Cognate Objects (CO). An argument analysis of Dschang COs is supported by both cross-linguistic comparison, e.g. forms of corresponding wh-questions, the compatibility with strong determiners, quantifiers and possessors, and the ability to be pronominalized and relativized, and Dschang-internal evidence including word order variations and tonal marking in object position.

Keywords


cognate objects; argument; verbal tone; object concord

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3765/plsa.v6i1.4991

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