Inverted Copular Sentences in Bambara

Isabelle Roy (1) , Siaka Sangare (2)

1 LLING - Laboratoire de Linguistique de Nantes
2 SFL - Structures Formelles du Langage

Bambara is a Niger-Congo language from the Mande linguistic group. It encompasses a multi-copula system with four distinct copula forms whose understanding is still foggy. We focus in this presentation on the specifics of the copula yé...yé.

Mots clés: Copula; inverted sentences; presentational; equative; identificational; predicational; bambara

Domaines: Linguistique

Isabelle Roy, Siaka Sangare. Inverted Copular Sentences in Bambara. Association of Contemporary African Linguistics (ACAL 51/52), University of Florida, Apr 2021, Florida / USA, United States. ⟨hal-04002828⟩