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  • Language Family: Grassfields
  • Topic #1: Morphology
  • Topic #2: Nasals
Grammatical functions of the nasal prefix in B Grammatical functions of the nasal prefix in Bafut

In certain constructions in Bafut, a nasal prefix which shares the place of articulation features of a following oral consonant is attested in the initial position of specific words. We find this nasal prefix in nominals (simplex and derived), tense marking, same subject coreference, serial verb constructions, consecutive structures, and syntactic repetition. Wherever it occurs, its origin and function are not immediately clear. Earlier scholars (e.g. Ambe (1989), Mfonyam (1989), Tanda (1993), Tamanji (1999), etc. have attributed varying functions such as tense marking, morphological noun class marker, logophoric pronoun, serialization morpheme, derivational morpheme, marker of consecutivisation, etc. to this nasal prefix. I argue that all these different functions can be subsumed under two major roles: in the nominal system, the nasal prefix serves as a noun classifier (i.e. noun class marker or a nominalization prefix). Other constructions contain multi-verbs and the nasal prefix serves in this case to mark the second or subsequent verbs as the participle form. 

    Dans certaines constructions en bafut, le préfixe nasal partageant les mêmes caractéristiques de la place d’articulation de la consonne orale subséquente, peut se retrouver en position initiale de certains mots. Ce préfixe nasal se retrouve dans les constructions nominales (simples ou dérivées), le marquage temporel, les sujets co-référentiels, les constructions à verbes sérialisés, les structures consécutives et la répétition syntaxique.  Des contemporains à l’instar de  Ambe (1989), Mfonyam (1989), Tanda (1993), Tamanji (1999), etc  ont attribué des fonctions variées telles que le marqueur temporel, le marqueur morphologique de classe nominale, le pronom logophorique, les morphèmes de sérialisation, les morphèmes dérivationnels, le marqueur des constructions consécutives  au préfixe nasal. Dans cet article, nous démontrons que toutes ces différentes fonctions jouent deux rôles majeurs: dans le système nominal, le préfixe nasal joue le rôle de classificateur nominal (c'est-à-dire le marqueur de classe nominale ou préfixe de nominalisation). Les autres constructions ont des verbes multiples et le préfixe nasal sert dans ce cas à marquer le deuxième ou les autres verbes comme formes du participe.

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