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  • Topic #1: Morphology
  • Topic #2: Comparative Studies
A cross-linguistic study of double plurality in bilingual codeswitching in West Af A cross-linguistic study of double plurality in bilingual codeswitching in West Africa

This paper investigates nominal plural marking in bilingual noun phrases by exploring data that exhibit codeswitching (CS) involving four West African languages and English or French. Of theoretical interest is the phenomenon of double plurality, by which a noun is inflected by two plural markers from separate languages. Working within Myers-Scotton’s Matrix Language Frame model, the paper finds that whether double plurality takes place or not depends on the nominal plural system found in the recipient / base language involved in CS. In Ewe-English and Ewe-French CS in which the phenomenon is attested, the recipient language Ewe has only one plural marker. However, in Akan-English, Ga-English and Hausa-English CS in which the phenomenon is not attested, the recipient (invariably the African) language has multiple plural markers. Thus, by exploring these cross-linguistic differences in the expression of nominal plurality in bilingual clauses, the paper highlights the role that language typology plays in characterizing the morphosyntax of CS constructions.

     Cet article met en exergue le marquage du pluriel du nom dans des syntagmes nominaux bilingues en explorant les données qui font usage du changement de code dans 4 langues de l’Afrique occidentale ainsi que l’anglais ou le français. Le phénomène d’une double pluralité double revêt  un intérêt théorique : il y a en effet deux marqueurs du pluriel venant de deux langues différentes dans l’inflexion du nom. Suivant le modèle de la Langue Matrice de Myers-Scotton, cet article démontre que la double pluralité a lieu ou non suivant le système du pluriel du nom que l’on trouve dans la langue d’accueil ou la langue de base impliquée dans le changement de code.  Dans le changement de code ewe- anglais et ewe-français dans lesquels ce phénomène est attesté, la langue d’accueil ewe n’a qu’un seul marqueur de pluriel. Cependant, dans le changement codique en akan-anglais, ga-anglais, et haoussa-anglais dans lesquels ce phénomène n’est pas attesté, la langue d’accueil qui est la langue africaine a plusieurs marqueurs du pluriel. C’est pourquoi, tout  en explorant ces différences entre différentes langues dans l’expression de la pluralité nominale dans les syntagmes bilingues, l’article met en exergue le rôle que la typologie des langues joue dans la caractérisation de la morphosyntaxe des constructions des changements codiques.

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