Verbal prefixes mà- and rà- in Susu and lexical features of verbal stems

Abstract

This paper presents a systematic analysis of the available data related to the two most productive verbal prefixes in Susu, mà- and rà-. On the one hand, each of the two prefixes has a number of semantically interrelated meanings, and the choice of a particular meaning depends, to a significant extent, on the lexical semantic features of the verbal stem. On the other hand, there are many lexicalized uses of both prefixes.

Keywords

• Susu
• Verbal Prefixes
• Lexical Semantics
• Pluractionality
• Valency-changing
• Argument Structure