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Reciprocal verbs in Chicheŵa: a case for lexical derivation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 December 2009

Sam A. Mchombo  and
Rosemary M. Ngalande
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I.o. The phenomenon of reciprocity has, within the framework of generative grammar, been dealt with either as an aspect of sentence coordination as in the following:

1(a) the boy saw the girl

(b) the girl saw the boy

(c) the boy and the girl saw each other

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Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies , Volume 43 , Issue 3 , October 1980 , pp. 570 - 575
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Copyright © School of Oriental and African Studies 1980

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