Plural addressee marker and grammaticalization in Barayin

Lovestrand, Joseph

Abstract

This article describes two distinct but related grammaticalization paths in Barayin, an East Chadic language. One path is from a first-person plural pronoun to a first-person dual pronoun. Synchronically, the pronominal forms in Barayin with first-person dual number must now be combined with a plural addressee enclitic, nà, to create a first-person plural pronoun. This path is identical to what has been documented in Philippine-type languages. The other path is from a first-person dative suffix to a suffix dedicated to first-person hortative. This path of grammaticalization has not been discussed in the literature. It occurred in several related languages, and each case results in a hortative form with a dual subject. Hortative forms with a plural subject are created by adding a plural addressee marker to the dual form. The plural addressee marker in Chadic languages is derived from a second-person pronominal.

Citation

Lovestrand, J. (2018). Plural addressee marker and grammaticalization in Barayin. Brill's Annual of Afroasiatic Languages and Linguistics, 10(1), 52-82. https://doi.org/10.1163/18776930-01001004

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Aug 31, 2017
• Publication Date: May 15, 2018
• Deposit Date: May 7, 2020
• Publicly Available Date: May 7, 2020
• Print ISSN: 1876-6633
• Electronic ISSN: 1877-6930
• Publisher: Brill Academic Publishers
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 10
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 52-82
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1163/18776930-01001004
• Keywords: Chadic, Barayin, hortative, dual, pronouns, diachronic
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