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Article Dans Une Revue Language in Africa Année : 2023

The contrastive particle na / ni in Beja (North-Cushitic)

Martine Vanhove

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Based on a corpus of semi-spontaneous data, this article is a first description and analysis of the functions of the Beja contrastive discourse particle na / ni within a functional, pragmatic and discourse organisation approach. It is shown that this particle is a marker of semantic opposition, denial of expectation, including adversativity, concessivity and mirativity, and possibly marginally a topic marker.
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halshs-04306596 , version 1 (27-11-2023)

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Martine Vanhove. The contrastive particle na / ni in Beja (North-Cushitic). Language in Africa, In press, 4. ⟨halshs-04306596⟩
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