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    STUDIA PHILOLOGIA - Issue no. 3 / 2015  
         
  Article:   PSYCHOMECHANICS PERSPECTIVES ON NOUN CLASS MARKERS IN TAGBANA: INSIGHTS INTO THE SYSTEMATIC OPERATION OF THE SYSTEMS / PERSPECTIVES PSYCHOMÉCANIQUES SUR LES MARQUEURS DE CLASSE NOMINALE EN TAGBANA: UN SYSTÈME DE PSYCHOSYSTÈMES.

Authors:  KONÉ KIYOFON ANTOINE. 		 
       
         
  Abstract:  Psychomechanics perspectives on noun class markers in Tagbana: insights into the systematic operation of the systems. The goal of this paper is to demonstrate that the noun-class markers k, l, m, p, t, and w in Tagbana represent a set of three coherent microsystems: a) the microsystem w / k representing the animate versus inanimate views; b) the microsystem m / l representing the continuate versus discontinuate views; c) the microsystem t / p representing the internal versus external plural views. The fundamental objective underlying the whole enterprise consists in highlighting Guillaume’s idea according to which language represents a coherent system (cf. Guillaume 1991: 4).

Keywords: noun-class markers, gender, referent, Niger-congo, Gur, Tagbana. 		 
         
     
         
         
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