The future in Logoori oral texts

Hannah Sarvasy

doi:10.17169/langsci.b121.482

The future in Logoori oral texts

Hannah Sarvasy

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Bantu languages are renowned for their complex tense and aspect systems. Tense reference in Bantu languages is also known to have variable application, often depending on information structure or the scale of the time frames involved. With apparently four positivepolarity future tense inflections, the Luyia Bantu language Logoori (JE41) nearly tops the future tense distinction charts for Bantu and other languages. While the existence of these future-related forms is a given in the literature, the semantics and applications of Logoori future tense inflections are as yet undescribed. Logoori speakers also employ several other forms and constructions for denoting future time. This paper examines future time reference in a corpus of Logoori texts.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Diversity in African languages: Selected papers from the 46th Annual Conference on African Linguistics
Editors	Doris Payne, Sara Pacchiarotti and Mokaya Bosire
Place of Publication	Germany
Publisher	Language Science Press
Pages	201-219pp
Edition	Peer Reviewed
ISBN (Print)	9783946234715
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.17169/langsci.b121.482
Publication status	Published - 2016
Event	Annual Conference on African Linguistics ACAL46 2015 - Oregon, United States Duration: 1 Jan 2016 → … http://blogs.uoregon.edu/acal2015/home/proceedings/

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Conference	Annual Conference on African Linguistics ACAL46 2015
Period	1/01/16 → …
Other	March 26-28 2015
Internet address	http://blogs.uoregon.edu/acal2015/home/proceedings/

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The future in Logoori oral texts. / Sarvasy, Hannah.
Diversity in African languages: Selected papers from the 46th Annual Conference on African Linguistics. ed. / Doris Payne, Sara Pacchiarotti and Mokaya Bosire. Peer Reviewed. ed. Germany: Language Science Press, 2016. p. 201-219pp.

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