On Friday October 18th, we will have our first meeting of the African Linguistics Club, with a talk by Ousmane Cisse and Elizabeth Coppock on the X-woo-X construction in Mandinka, an interesting way of expressing distributivity through reduplication.<\/p>\n
The talk will take place in the African Studies Center’s seminar room at 232 Bay State Road, Room 505.<\/p>\n
When: Friday October 18th, 4pm-6pm
\n– Talk 4-4:45, questions 4:45-5:15,
\n– Free West African food 5:15-6<\/p>\n
Where: African Studies Center, 232 Bay State Road, seminar room (Rm 505)<\/p>\n
Speakers: Ousmane Cisse and Elizabeth Coppock (Boston University)<\/p>\n
Title: Reduplicated Distributivity in Mandinka<\/p>\n
Abstract: <\/p>\n
\nWe will be presenting on a way of expressing distributivity in Mandinka based on reduplication, which we call the X-woo-X construction. Example:<\/p>\n
Musu-woo-musu ye kini taboo too le
\nwoman-DIST-woman PRED rice cooking know PERF
\n\u2018Each woman knows how to cook rice.’<\/p>\nThis is a shameless plug to promote our recently-published Triple A proceedings paper:
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\nCisse, Ousmane and Elizabeth Coppock (2024). Reduplicated Distributivity in Mandinka. In Jeanne Lecavelier, Niklas Geick, Mira Grubic, Prarthanaa Bharadwaj and Malte Zimmermann (eds.), Proceedings of Triple A 10 (2023), 75–89.
\nhttps:\/\/eecoppock.info\/2024-Cisse+Coppock.pdf<\/a>
\n<\/small><\/p>\nComing to the talk gets you out of having to read the paper!\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n