Non-verbal sentences in Chadic
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non-verbal sentences, HausaAbstract
The non-verbal sentences are sentences in which there is no explicit aspect marking and no verb. The predicate position of such sentences is usually filled by nouns, noun phrases, prepositional phrases or adverbials.
The non-verbal sentences constitute one of the main types of sentence structures in Chadic languages. The predicate in such sentences may be indicated by word order alone, but in a way characteristic of a given language.
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