【语言学类问题:(构词法)InEnglish,theideaofpossessioncanbemarkedbyaninflectionalsuffix(-’s)onthenounrepresentingthe‘possessor’,placedbeforethenounthatis‘possessed’(asinJohn’scar).Otherlanguagesworkd】
语言学类问题:(构词法)
InEnglish,theideaofpossessioncanbemarkedbyaninflectionalsuffix(-’s)onthenounrepresentingthe‘possessor’,placedbeforethenounthatis‘possessed’(asinJohn’scar).Otherlanguagesworkdifferently.ThedatabelowarefromaWestAfricanlanguagecalledBasari,spokeninGhana.Studythemanddothetwotasksthatfollow.(10%)
(A)(a)(‘chief’)uboti
(b)(‘wife’)unimpu
(c)(‘farm’)kusaau
(B)(a)(‘aman’schief’)uninjabotiu
(b)(‘aman’swife’)uninjanimpuu
(c)(‘onewife’)unimpuubo
(d)(‘thisman’sonewife’)uninja-neenimpuuubo
(e)(‘onefarm’)kusaaukubo
(f)(‘aman’sfarm’)uninjasaaku
(g)(‘aman’sonefarm’)uninjasaakukubo
(h)(‘oneman’sfarm’)uninjaubosaaku
Tasks:(1)Describehow‘possession’isexpressedintheseBasariexamples.
(2)IftheBasariwordfor‘mortar’iskukuntuu,thenhowwouldyoutranslateuninja-neenimpuukuntuuku?