Ameka, Felix (1990). The grammatical packaging of experiencers in Ewe: A study in the semantics of syntax. Australian Journal of Linguistics, 10(2), 139-181. DOI: 10.1080/07268609008599440

It is now generally accepted that languages have different means of representing the same extra-linguistic or real world situation. It is furthermore assumed that these different means of representation reflect different conceptualizations of real-world situations. The purpose of this paper is to describe the different morpho-syntactic devices that are available in Ewe, a Kwa language of West Africa, for the presentation of the conceptualizations of an experiencer of an emotion or sensation.


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