22.2175, Qs: Swahili: '-mesha-' Infix

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Subject: 22.2175, Qs: Swahili: '-mesha-' Infix

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Date: 19-Apr-2011
From: Johannes Reese [johannesreese at gmx.de]
Subject: Swahili: '-mesha-' Infix
 

	
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Date: Mon, 23 May 2011 14:09:34
From: Johannes Reese [johannesreese at gmx.de]
Subject: Swahili: '-mesha-' Infix

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Dear all,

I found a hint to a "-mesha-" infix in Swahili that could interest me. The 
hint was in a definitely non-linguistic booklet, and the only Swahili I 
currently have  access to (Mohammed, Mohammed A. (2001):	
Modern Swahili grammar, Nairobi: East African Educational Publishers) 
doesn't mention this infix. Does any expert on Swahili know about 
research/reference to this infix and how it is evaluated in aspect 
theory? 

I am working on a newly emerging aspect form in Arabic dialects, esp. 
Moroccan Arabic, which was the topic of my dissertation that was 
recently submitted, which seems to cover both the clearly perfect 
Swahili infix "-me-" and possibly the "-mesha-" infix as well. As I don't 
know the aspectual category apparently covered by "-mesha-" in any 
other language I am familiar with, thoughts about "-mesha-" could be 
helpful for understanding the aspectual category it covers more deeply. 

The booklet I initially saw this Swahili infix in is: Christoph Friedrich 
(2010): Kisuaheli Wort für Wort. Für Ostafrika: Tanzania, Kenya und 
Uganda (Kauderwelsch), Bielefeld: Peter Rump.

Many thanks in advance,
Johannes Reese 

Linguistic Field(s): Typology

Subject Language(s): Swahili (swh)







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