The Morphopragmatics of the Diminutive Morpheme (-ba/-wa) in Akan
The present paper is concerned with the diminutive morpheme -wa/-ba in Akan. It examines the form, the origin and the various meanings associated with diminutive forms in the language. We attribute the origin of the diminutive to the lexical word for ‘child/offspring’ ɔba, basing our argument on lan...
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| Format: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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Lexis
2016
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| Accès en ligne: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |