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| African Languages | 1 |
| Akan | 1 |
| Case (Grammar) | 1 |
| Deep Structure | 1 |
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| Semantics | 1 |
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| Surface Structure | 1 |
| Syntax | 1 |
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| Boadi, L. A. | 1 |
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Peer reviewedBoadi, L. A. – Lingua, 1975
Semantic readings of genitive constructions in Akan are discussed in relation to the position that semantic operative rules operate on surface structure and that positing deep structures or semantic structures for associative (genitive) constructions is unnatural and unnecessary. (AM)
Descriptors: African Languages, Akan, Case (Grammar), Deep Structure
