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- Language Family: Kwa
- Topic #1: Semantics
Quantifier scope ambiguities in Akan
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Nnipa bebree a wɔyɛ kasa mu nhwehwɛmu atwerɛ nsɛm pii afa nsɛmfua a yɛde kyerɛ dodoɔ wɔ ɔkasamu mu. Nanso nhwehwɛmu no bebree no ara gyina kasa ahodoɔ ketewa bi so. Ɛna ɛno nso mpo gyina nnipa kakra bi nteaseɛ so. Nhwehwɛmu saa no nsi pi, esiane sɛ nhwehwɛmu bebree akyerɛ sɛ nsonsonoyɛ wɔ kasa ahodoɔ mu, te sɛ kasahodoɔ ɛne deɛ ɛkeka ho a yennim. Ebiom, wɔn a wɔde mfidie ahwehwɛ kasa mu no akyerɛ sɛ nsonsonoyɛ kɛseɛ da nnipa a wɔka kasa baako mpo ntɛm sɛ ɛba no wɔn atemmuo fa ɔkasamu a nsɛmfua a wɔde kyerɛ dodoɔ mmienu wɔ mu no ho a. Enti na nhwehwɛmu a ɛhwɛ ɔbaakofoɔ nkoaa nsi pi no. Yɛbotae ne sɛ yɛbɛhwehwɛ saa nneɛma yi mu na ama nhwehwɛmu a ɛwɔ hɔ deda no asi pi. Yɛnhwehwɛmu no fa mfidie mu nhwehwɛmu a yɛayɛ wɔ nsɛmfua a yɛde kyerɛ dodoɔ wɔ Akan kasa mu (a ɛwɔ Kwa, Niger-Congo kasa abusua no mu). Na saa nhwehwɛmu yi, obiara nnya nyɛɛ bi wɔ Akan kasa mu. Yɛbɛkyerɛ sɛ nsɛmfua a yɛde kyerɛ dodoɔ nteaseɛ no tumi dane wɔ Akan kasa mu, nanso bebree no ara mpɛ. Saa aba yi ho hia ma nsusuyɛ a ɛfa kasa ahodoɔ a wɔsesa sɛnea wɔhyehyɛ nsemfua, te sɛ Akan. Yɛnhwehwɛmu yi siane kyerɛ sɛ nsɛmfua a ɛkasa fa nsemfua foforɔ ho no wɔ Akan kasa mu no nsi nsɛmfua a yɛde kyerɛ dodoɔ nteaseɛ a etumi dane no ho kwan. Saa aba yi ne nhwehwɛmu a ɛwɔ hɔ deda no bɔ abira, na mmom ɛfoa mfidie mu nhwehwɛmu a afoforɔ ayɛ wɔ kasa ahodoɔ mu no so. Enti, yenhwehwɛmu yi de nhunumu foforɔ fa nsɛmfua a yɛde kyerɛ dodoɔ nteaseɛ ho aba.