Distance and Visibility: Two Systems in Hausa Deixis

The current standard account of Hausa deixis claims that Hausa has a linear person-based system with the following four locative adverbs and their interpretations: nân 'here', nan 'there near you', cân 'there away from you and me', and can 'over there away from you...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Abdoulaye, Mahamane L.
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: Bern Open Publishing 2008-01-01
Series:Linguistik Online
Online Access:http://www.linguistik-online.de/36_08/abdoulaye.pdf