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Modality in Swahili: Epistemic modal adverbs in Swahili. Insights from a historical Swahili corpus

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Publication status
Published
Authors
Bernander, R., de Schryver, G-M, Devos, M., & Nabirye, M.
Editor
Clarissa Vierke
Series
Abstracts of Kongamano la Kiswahili la 37 / 37th Swahili Colloquium: Uhuru na Ubunifu / Freedom and Creativity, Bayreuth University, Germany, 30 May – 1 June 2025
Publisher
African Linguistics and Literatures, Bayreuth University (Bayreuth)
Conference
Kongamano la Kiswahili la 37 / 37th Swahili Colloquium: Uhuru na Ubunifu / Freedom and Creativity (Bayreuth University, Germany)
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Abstract

In this study, we explore the main set of adverbs – i.e., free-standing, monorhematic and invariable non-nominal modifiers; Ramat & Ricca 1998 – used to express epistemic possibility in Swahili. The adverbs in question are pengine, huenda and lab(u)da.