Language
Basaá
Anaphoric markers
| Name | Description | Answerset | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 'RCM' | Basaá | Sections: Marker_shape(8),
Readings(9)
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| 2 | 'RCM' + PRN CONN PRN | Basaá | Sections: Marker_shape(1)
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| 3 | 'RCM' + PRN-REFL | Basaá | Details | |
| 4 | BODY PRN | Basaá | Sections: Marker_shape(12),
Readings(1)
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| 5 | BODY PRN-REFL | Basaá | Sections: Marker_shape(5),
Readings(1)
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| 6 | Null Object Reciprocal | Null object interpreted as inherently reciprocal | Basaá | Sections: Marker_shape(1)
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| 7 | Null Object Reflexive | Null object interpreted as inherent reflexive | Basaá | Sections: Marker_shape(2),
Structural_context(2)
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| 8 | Null POSS | Basaá | Sections: Marker_shape(2)
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| 9 | PRN CONN PRN | Basaá | Sections: Marker_shape(5),
Readings(4)
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| 10 | PRN PRN-REFL | Basaá | Details | |
| 11 | PRN-ALONE | Basaá | Sections: Marker_shape(10)
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| 12 | PRN-REFL | Basaá | Sections: Marker_shape(6),
Readings(6)
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| 13 | Pronoun | Basaá | Sections: Marker_shape(2)
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| 14 | pronoun + PRN CONN PRN | Basaá | Sections: Marker_shape(2)
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| 15 | RFM | Basaá | Sections: Marker_shape(8),
Structural_context(11),
Readings(7)
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| 16 | RFM+PRN-REFL | Basaá | Sections: Marker_shape(10)
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| 17 | V-Null RFM | tamla 'introduce oneself' | Basaá | Details |
Example Sentences
There are 892 example sentences.
Language Properties
Some syntactic properties of the language
Word order
| Consistently SVO |
General information about the language
ISO code (ISO 639-3), aka Ethnologue code
| ISO 639-3 |
Language name
| Basaá |
Genetic classification (Ethnologue)
| Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Narrow Bantu, Northwest, A, Basaa (A.43) |
Language group (Ethnologue top level)
| Niger-Congo |
Language consultant information
Consultant name
| Paul Roger Bassong |
Gender of consultant
| male |
Occupation
| Professor |
Level of education
| Ph.D. |
Learned language at age
| Mother tongue |
Familiarity with the language
| native speaker |
Formal knowledge of the grammar
| specialized knowledge, e.g., as language teacher or linguist |
Who participated in the elicitation?
| Paul Roger Bassong, Naga Selvanathan and Ken Safir using the Clausal Complementation Questionnaire and the Anaphora Questionnaire. |
Status of data in database
Is the information for the sentences entered complete?
| Data for entered sentences is complete |
Is the data for markers in this language complete?
| Data for markers incomplete |
Is the sentence data likely to change soon?
| New Data is in the process of being entered |