| dc.contributor.author | Barbour, Julie | en_NZ |
| dc.coverage.spatial | Port Vila, Vanuatu | en_NZ |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-08-16T02:50:28Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-08-16T02:50:28Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2023 | en_NZ |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10289/15993 | |
| dc.description.abstract | | en_NZ |
| dc.description.abstract | The language variety of Tepërav (Espiegle Bay, Malekula Island) has a preverbal morpheme pë- (also pe- and po-), which is positioned between the subject index and the verb root. This morpheme was originally classified as ‘intentive’ by Holmes (2014: 80-81) based on a very small text corpus. In a larger corpus for the language (Barbour & Tarosa 2011-2023), pë- is attested with a range of functions that have been associated with irrealis mood in other Malekula languages, such as Neverver (Barbour 2012). The question thus arises: is pë- an irrealis marker? And if not, what range of functions does it cover? | |
| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
| dc.format.mimetype | video/mp4 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.rights | © 2023 The Author. This is a recorded presentation from the 2023 Vanuatu Languages Conference. | |
| dc.source | Vanuatu Languages Conference | en_NZ |
| dc.subject | Vanuatu | en_NZ |
| dc.subject | Malekula | en_NZ |
| dc.subject | Tepërav (Espiegle Bay) | en_NZ |
| dc.subject | Irrealis | en_NZ |
| dc.subject | Subjunctive | en_NZ |
| dc.title | Function of preverbal pë- in the language variety of Tepërav (Espiegle Bay) | en_NZ |
| dc.type | Conference Contribution | |
| pubs.elements-id | 323386 | |
| pubs.finish-date | 2023-07-13 | en_NZ |
| pubs.start-date | 2023-07-10 | en_NZ |
