Triadic Constructions in Rutooro
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2012
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Cascadilla Proceedings Project
Abstract
In triadic constructions, we typically find three arguments, namely a subject and two postverbal
arguments.1 Two formal varieties obtain, as shown in (1) for English and in (2) for Rutooro, a Bantu
language spoken in Uganda. In (1a) and (2a), the postverbal arguments are linearly realized as two
contiguous NPs, i.e. NP1 and NP2, instantiating a double object construction (DOC), while in (1b) and
(2b) they are realized as NP2 and PP, instantiating a prepositional phrase construction (PPC)
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Triadic Constructions, Rutooro
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Isingoma, B., & Jane, S. (2012). Triadic constructions in Rutooro. In 42nd Annual Conference on African Linguistics, Cascadilla Proceedings Project (pp. 149-160).