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Again, welcome and have fun! [[User:Dorothee Beermann|Dorothee Beermann]] 17:24, 12 January 2011 (UTC)
 
Again, welcome and have fun! [[User:Dorothee Beermann|Dorothee Beermann]] 17:24, 12 January 2011 (UTC)
  
I want to look at componding in Dagbani. I tried entering the data and sometimes I find it difficult segmenting the morphemes. For instance, chechebara can be segmented as cheche + ba+ ra.
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I want to look at componding in Dagbani. I tried entering the data and sometimes I find it difficult segmenting the morphemes. For instance, chechebara can be segmented as  
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cheche + ba+ ra.
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bicycle  ride AGENTIVE MARKER.SG
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bicycle rider
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In a sentence like  
 
In a sentence like  
O ba cheche.  
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I can form a compound out of the noun (OBJ) 'cheche 'bicycle' and verb ba 'ride' later I add the agentive marker '-ra' to form chechebara' bicycle rider.
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O       ba         cheche.
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3SG.SBJ ride-PAST bicle-OBJ
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S/he rode a bicycle.
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I can form a compound out of the VP 'cheche 'bicycle' and verb ba 'ride' later I add the agentive marker '-ra' to form chechebara' bicycle rider.
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We also have NN compounds like
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daabia 'trader' is consist of
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da-a            +      bi-a
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market-SG              child-SG        trader
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na-a            +      bi-a        =>  nabia
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chief-SG                child            prince
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We also have VV compounds
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kpi            +      yi          =>    kpiinyi
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die                  go out            walking dead
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Here the vowel in the compound is doubled and epenthetic nasal is inserted.

Latest revision as of 12:20, 4 November 2011

Welcome to TypeCraft! We hope you will contribute much and well. You will probably want to read the help pages. Again, welcome and have fun! Dorothee Beermann 17:24, 12 January 2011 (UTC)

I want to look at componding in Dagbani. I tried entering the data and sometimes I find it difficult segmenting the morphemes. For instance, chechebara can be segmented as

cheche + ba+ ra.

bicycle ride AGENTIVE MARKER.SG

bicycle rider

In a sentence like

O ba cheche.

3SG.SBJ ride-PAST bicle-OBJ

S/he rode a bicycle.

I can form a compound out of the VP 'cheche 'bicycle' and verb ba 'ride' later I add the agentive marker '-ra' to form chechebara' bicycle rider.

We also have NN compounds like

daabia 'trader' is consist of


da-a + bi-a market-SG child-SG trader


na-a + bi-a => nabia chief-SG child prince


We also have VV compounds


kpi + yi => kpiinyi die go out walking dead


Here the vowel in the compound is doubled and epenthetic nasal is inserted.