35.3596, FYI: Mirativity in African Languages: A Typological and Theoretical Exploration” / La mirativité dans les langues africaines : une exploration typologique et théorique

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LINGUIST List: Vol-35-3596. Fri Dec 20 2024. ISSN: 1069 - 4875.

Subject: 35.3596, FYI: Mirativity in African Languages: A Typological and Theoretical Exploration” / La mirativité dans les langues africaines : une exploration typologique et théorique

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Date: 19-Dec-2024
From: Gueche Fotso  Hugues Carlos  [guechefotso at gmail.com]
Subject: Mirativity in African Languages: A Typological and Theoretical Exploration” / La mirativité dans les langues africaines : une exploration typologique et théorique


This edited volume explores how African languages encode surprise,
unexpectedness, and new information through linguistic structures and
cultural expressions. Despite their vast diversity and richness,
African languages have been underrepresented in global discussions on
mirativity—a vibrant area of linguistic research. With contributions
from across major African linguistic families, the book aims to
document mirative constructions such as tonal shifts, affixation, and
word order changes while examining their interaction with grammatical
categories like evidentiality and modality. By drawing on African
languages’ unique morphosyntactic features and cultural narratives,
the project challenges existing typological theories and highlights
Africa’s indispensable role in global linguistic discourse.

Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics




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