Aspect and modality in Malagasy 'maha-'
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2015
Authors
de Swart, Henriette
Paul, Ileana
Ralalaoherivony, Baholisoa Simone
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Vīnerte, Santa
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Abstract
The goal of this paper is to account for the syntax and semantics of the prefix 'maha-' in Malagasy. Previous analyses of 'maha-' have treated it as involving a lexical aspectual operation: it creates a telic predicate. We argue here that maha- is best analyzed as a causative circumstantial modal.
Keywords
aspect, modality, Malagasy, semantics
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de Swart, H E, Paul, I & Ralalaoherivony, B S 2015, Aspect and modality in Malagasy 'maha-'. in S Vīnerte (ed.), Proceedings of the 2015 meeting of the Canadian Linguistics Association. CLA Conference Proceedings, Candadian Linguistics Association, pp. 1-13, 2015 CLA Meeting, Ottawa, Canada, 30/05/15. < http://cla-acl.ca/actes-2015-proceedings/ >, conference