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Honors Project
Abstract
Like many African languages, particularly Bantu languages, the Ghanaian language of Avatime organizes its nouns into a class system. Noun classes use affixes to indicate semantic category. For example, many languages with noun classes have a class for ‘people’ nouns, such as ‘child’ and ‘stranger.’ Previous research on Avatime has postulated between seven and nine classes. The current study is based on original field work done in the village of Vane in Ghana. The new data show that Avatime has seven noun classes, distinguished by singular and plural prefixes, definite article suffixes, and semantic similarities.
Recommended Citation
Watkins, Ronny C., "Avatime Noun Classes" (2010). Linguistics Honors Projects. 4.
https://digitalcommons.macalester.edu/ling_honors/4
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