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The decomposition of Somali Nouns

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The goal of this paper is to understand the internal organization of Somali nouns. More precisely, I propose an analysis of the inflectional markers, i.e. the exponents of gender, number and syntactic case. Within a syntactic approach to noun formation, I show that a list of basic exponents can be reached throughout the phonological deconstruction of the surface forms. In addition, I argue that each phonological exponent corresponds to a unique morpho-syntactic category. On a more general level, the analysis depicted illustrates the behavior and the formation of basic and non-derived nouns in Somali, regardless the notion of "noun class".
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halshs-00743540 , version 1 (12-06-2014)

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Nicola Lampitelli. The decomposition of Somali Nouns. Brill's Journal of Afroasiatic Languages and Linguistics, 2013, 5 (1), pp.117-158. ⟨halshs-00743540⟩
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