Semantics of Akan bi and nʊ
This thesis investigates two post-nominal morphemes, bi and nʊ, in Akan (a Kwa language spoken mainly in Ghana). I analyze bi as an indefinite marker and nʊ as a definite marker. Bi occurs in different environments; the main two environments are the pronominal environment and the determiner environ...
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University of British Columbia
2011
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2429/35083 |