A note on Hausa plurals
In their presentation of three-dimensional phonology, Halle and Vergnaud [1980, 1981] propose that Hausa singular nouns are morphologically complex like the plural forms, composed of a stem plus a singular suffix. This paper argues that this analysis is incorrect, but that the proposal that singular...
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| Main Author: | Donald A. Burquest |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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LibraryPress@UF
1989-12-01
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| Series: | Studies in African Linguistics |
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| Online Access: | https://ojs.test.flvc.org/sal/article/view/107442 |
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