The development of markers pertaining to the semantic domain of irreality in the Mande languages.

The proposed project aims to achieve a better understanding of the development and evolution of various markers pertaining to the semantic domain of irreality in the Mande languages (spoken in West Africa). Since these languages are underdescribed, I have to supplement data found in published sources with data gained through fieldwork. This BOF-project should permit me to conduct field work and to create two small corpora.

Keywords:AFRICAN LINGUISTICS, VERBAL CATEGORIES, REALITY STATUS, MORPHOLOGY

Disciplines:Language studies, Linguistics, Literary studies