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Titre de l'article

A MORPHO-SYNTACTIC ANALYSIS OF PLURAL MARKERS IN NAFANRA

Auteur.e.s

Fousseni KONE , .

Résumé

This paper sheds light on plurality in Nafanra, a sub-ethnic group of Senufo language. Plural system in Nafanra is very complex and dynamic. In syntactic contexts, plural inflections are transferred from nouns to adjectives and quantifiers. The Nafanra language has five suffixes to mark plurality -gele , -bele, -hi, -ri and –ya. The utilization of these suffixes to express plurality is determined by the ending a particular word. Key words: Morphology- Plurality – marking- suffix- animacy