Habitual Aspect Markers in Two Kwa Languages (Ga and Eʋe):The Form and Syntax

Author(s)	Vincent Erskine Aziaku, Princess Abla Goku
Country	Ghana
Abstract	The paper examines the linguistic materials of habituality in both Eʋe and Ga. This extends to determining the state of the materials in the syntax of Eʋe and Ga, that is, how aspect is marked variously from the syntactic viewpoint. The earlier studies carried out on -na, (see Aziaku 2012 & Aziaku & Awoonor-Aziaku (2021) respectively discussed the orthography and phonologically conditioned morphemes of -na in Eʋe. The data for this study was obtained from both oral and secondary sources. The study concluded that the linguistic materials used to mark generic events are na, a, 4, e, and nɛ, in Eʋe and a and ɔ in Ga. With respect to aspect marking in the targeted languages, the past tense is not located in the verb and the form is repeated in serial verb constructions (SVCs).
Keywords	Habituality, linguistic materials, morphemes, SVCs, and generic
Field	Sociology > Linguistic / Literature
Published In	Volume 6, Issue 3, May-June 2024
Published On	2024-06-05
Cite This	Habitual Aspect Markers in Two Kwa Languages (Ga and Eʋe):The Form and Syntax - Vincent Erskine Aziaku, Princess Abla Goku - IJFMR Volume 6, Issue 3, May-June 2024. DOI 10.36948/ijfmr.2024.v06i03.20902
DOI	https://doi.org/10.36948/ijfmr.2024.v06i03.20902
Short DOI	https://doi.org/gtxrsf

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