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- Title
Reflexive Pronouns in Dagbani.
- Authors
Issah, Samuel Alhassan; Yitah, Helen A.; Ackah, Kofi
- Abstract
This paper examines reflexivization in Dagbani, a Gur language spoken in Northern Ghana. The data are examined within the parameter of co-referentiality and antecedence. I argue that reflexives are formed by suffixing the reflexivizer, maηa, meaning 'self', to the possessive pronominal. The pronominal varies in form depending on the singularity or plurality of the antecedent. I minimally compare reflexive pronouns with pronouns within the Binding Theory and observe that whilst pronouns are free within their domains, reflexives are governed within the clausal domain. I conclude that anaphors and pronouns of Dagbani match the principles of the Government and Binding theory.
- Subjects
GHANA; DAGBANI (African people); DAGBANI language; PRONOUNS (Grammar); SUFFIXES &; prefixes (Grammar)
- Publication
Legon Journal of the Humanities, 2011, Vol 22, p129
- ISSN
0855-0050
- Publication type
Article