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an online bibliography of pseudocoordination


Maasai

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This page is intended as a comprehensive bibliography of pseudocoordination in Maasai; for discussion, see Section 2.2.3.4 of Ross (2021). If you have any feedback or additional references to suggest, please contact me.

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Summary

In Maasai, the consecutive verb from appears to be etymologically derived from a conjunction 'and'. Compare also Nyamwezi for a similar etymology.

References

Caponigro, Ivano. 2003. Unbalanced coordination in Maasai. UCLA Working Papers in Linguistics 9. 1–16.