BERBER VERBAL OPPOSITIONS IN LIGHT OF THE PSYCHOMECHANICAL APPROACH OF LANGUAGE Cover Image

LES OPPOSITIONS VERBALES BERBERES A LA LUMIERE DE LA PSYCHOMECANIQUE DU LANGAGE
BERBER VERBAL OPPOSITIONS IN LIGHT OF THE PSYCHOMECHANICAL APPROACH OF LANGUAGE

Author(s): Abdelaziz Berkai
Subject(s): Literary Texts
Published by: Editura Universităţii Vasile Goldiş
Keywords: tense; aspect; mood; verbal stem; Kabyle;

Summary/Abstract: We will try in this contribution to understand the functioning of the system of Berber (Kabyle) verbal oppositions in the light of language psychomecanics of Gustave GUILLAUME, notably its opposition between tense in posse or “involved” and tense in esse or “explained”. We will study this system both axiologically and terminologically : we will discuss the values of the different oppositions while discussing the current denominations. But before that, we first start by precisely defining the key concepts of our presentation, namely tense, mood and aspect by summoning, in addition to Berber, languages as different as French and Arabic, but also incidentally English

  • Issue Year: XIV/2018
  • Issue No: 03
  • Page Range: 19-28
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: French