37.1903, Books: Directional Extensions in Chadic Languages: Lovestrand (2026)

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Date: 26-May-2026
From: Sebastian Nordhoff [support at langsci-press.org]
Subject: Directional Extensions in Chadic Languages: Lovestrand (2026)


Title: Directional Extensions in Chadic Languages
Series Title: Contemporary African Linguistics
Publication Year: 2026

Publisher: Language Science Press
           http://langsci-press.org
Book URL: https://langsci-press.org/catalog/book/552

Author(s): Joseph Lovestrand

Abstract:

This monograph provides the first large-scale comparative study of how
verbal morphology encodes directionality across Chadic languages.
Drawing on a database of 91 languages spoken in Nigeria, Cameroon, and
Chad, the book analyzes ventive, itive, vertical, and
boundary-crossing extensions. The quantitative study examines where
directional extensions occur and what meanings they can co-express,
highlighting issues of multifunctionality and efficiency in grammar,
as well as providing initial insights into their grammaticalization.
The study advances the descriptive foundation of the least-documented
Afroasiatic language family, while also contributing to theoretical
discussions of motion events, verbal morphology, and morphosyntactic
typology.

Linguistic Field(s): Morphology
                     Typology

Language Family(ies): Chadic

Written In: English (eng)



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