The insubordinated infinitive in Makhuwa-Enahara and the expression of feelings
This study sets out to investigate the insubordinated infinitive in the Bantu language Makhuwa-Enahara (P31,
northern Mozambique), which is used with feeling predicates that have passive experiencers. The expression of bodily feelings and
emotions in Makhuwa serves as a foundation, highlighting the unique formal and interpretational properties of the insubordinated
infinitive within the domain of feelings.
Article outline
- 1.Introduction
- 1.1Emotions and bodily feelings
- 1.2Makhuwa-Enahara
- 2.How to express feelings in Makhuwa
- 3.Formal properties of the insubordinated infinitive
- 4.Analysing the insubordinated infinitive construction
- 4.1Default agreement inversion construction
- 4.2Insubordinated infinitive
- 5.Conclusion
- Acknowledgements
- Notes
- Symbols and abbreviations
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