Object-verb in Akha: the ABB structure
In Akha there are numerous examples of noun-verb constructions—syntactically mostly object-verb—where the verb has the same phonetic shape as the second syllable of the preceding noun. These are sometimes referred to as cognate object constructions.
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2024
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| Summary: | In Akha there are numerous examples of noun-verb constructions—syntactically mostly object-verb—where the verb has the same phonetic shape as the second syllable of the preceding noun. These are sometimes referred to as cognate object constructions. |
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