Doyayo Auxiliary Verb Fragment

@cite{anderson-2006}

Doyayo (Adamawa, Niger-Congo; Cameroon) has auxiliary verb constructions with a split inflectional pattern: tense is marked on lexical verbs, while the auxiliary hosts subject marking, benefactive, and object arguments.

Source: Wiering and Wiering 1994: 75, cited in @cite{anderson-2006}.

def Fragments.Doyayo.AuxiliaryVerbs.form : String

Primary AVC example form. hi¹ gi²-s-i¹-mi²-ge-³ wàà⁵-ko⁵ 'they AUX-BEN-EP-1-3 catch-PROX' 'they will be catching him for me' (Wiering and Wiering 1994: 75, cited in @cite{anderson-2006}).

Equations

• Fragments.Doyayo.AuxiliaryVerbs.form = "hi¹ gi²-s-i¹-mi²-ge-³ wàà⁵-ko⁵"

def Fragments.Doyayo.AuxiliaryVerbs.gloss : String

Equations

• Fragments.Doyayo.AuxiliaryVerbs.gloss = "they AUX-BEN-EP-1-3 catch-PROX 'they will be catching him for me'"

def Fragments.Doyayo.AuxiliaryVerbs.secondaryForm : String

Secondary example: mi³ gi²-s-i-g kaa¹-ko¹ 'I AUX-BEN-EP-3 weep-PRES' = 'I'm crying to him' (Wiering and Wiering 1994: 75, cited in @cite{anderson-2006}).

Equations

• Fragments.Doyayo.AuxiliaryVerbs.secondaryForm = "mi³ gi²-s-i-g kaa¹-ko¹"

def Fragments.Doyayo.AuxiliaryVerbs.family : String

Equations

• Fragments.Doyayo.AuxiliaryVerbs.family = "Adamawa, Niger-Congo"

def Fragments.Doyayo.AuxiliaryVerbs.location : String

Equations

• Fragments.Doyayo.AuxiliaryVerbs.location = "Cameroon"

def Fragments.Doyayo.AuxiliaryVerbs.inflDistribution : Core.Morphology.InflDistribution

Split inflection distribution: AUX hosts subject/object agreement and benefactive applicative; LV hosts tense. (Subject and object cross-referencing are both .agreement; benefactive is .valence.)

Equations

• Fragments.Doyayo.AuxiliaryVerbs.inflDistribution = { onAux := [Core.Morphology.MorphCategory.agreement, Core.Morphology.MorphCategory.valence], onLex := [Core.Morphology.MorphCategory.tense] }