Morphological Causatives and Verbal Argument Structure in Somali

Abstract

This paper is a preliminary report on a study of verbal derivational affixes in Somali. The article is concerned with causative affixes in the standard variety spoken in Northern Somalia. Though the morphology of these affixes has been described, much remains to be investigated at the syntactic and semantic levels.

Qoraalkani waa warbixin u gogolxaarayso daraasaad ku saabsan kabayaasha falalka Af-soomaaliga ee farcamka ah. Maqaalku wuxuu ka hadlayaa kabayaasha sababaynta sida looga adeegsado Af-soomaaliga istandarka ah ee looga hadlo woqooyiga Soomaaliya. Inkastoo la sifeeyay sarfaha kabayaashan, waxaa weli maqan oo u baahan in laga baaro xagga weereynta iyo micnaha.

Questo documento è un report preliminare di uno studio di affissi verbali derivazionali in somalo. L'articolo si occupa degli affissi causativi nel somalo parlato standard nel nord della Somalia. Sebbene la morfologia di questi affissi sia stata descritta, molto resta ancora da esplorare a livello sintattico e semantico.