Quotative Indexes in African Languages. A Synchronic and Diachronic Survey

Abstract

Preface and acknowledgments v List of maps, tables, and figures xiv Abbreviations and conventions xviii Representation of linguistic examples xviii Abbreviations xix Other symbols and fonts xxi 1 The framework, aim, and data of this study 1 1.1 Topic and research questions 1 1.2 Theoretical preliminaries 3 1.2.1 Reported discourse and its categories 4 1.2.2 Quotative indexes as formal signals of reported discourse 1.3 Methodological preliminaries 1.3.1 Language sample, sources, and data corpus 1.3.2 The analysis of quotative indexes 1.3.3 Elements of quotative indexes used with other functions 1.4 An overview of reported-discourse constructions in the corpus 1.4.1 Non-direct reported discourse 1.4.2 Free direct reported discourse 2 The internal structure of quotative indexes 2.1 The predicative assertion and predication operators 2.1.1 Predicative vs. non-predicative quotative indexes 2.1.2 Deviation from canonical predicativity ("marked predicativity") 2.1.3 Marked lexical features of predicative items 2.1.

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