Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia
Vol.6 No.1 (Serial No.8) 2018
108-117
2018-06-30
Ganta has three tense grammaticalization systems. To this end, the paper deals with the shape of the tense forms in relation to focus markers movement to the word classes in the clause constructions. There have been no exhaustive descriptions about distinct grammaticalization of tenses and their morphological forms, and contexts in which they have been employed. The paper provides a detailed description of tense grammaticalization systems and also shows the used speech contexts as declarative and interrogative moods. Furthermore, it shows the grammaticalization and focusing property of Ganta in light of typological claims.
future, present, past, grammaticalization, focus
doi: 10.26478/ja2018.6.8.7
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