LINGUIST List 22.2175 Mon May 23 2011 Qs: Swahili: '-mesha-' Infix Editor for this issue: Danielle St. Jean <daniellelinguistlist.org> New! Visit LL's Multitree project for over 1000 trees dynamically generated from scholarly hypotheses about language relationships:             http://multitree.linguistlist.org/ We'd like to remind readers that the responses to queries are usually best posted to the individual asking the question. That individual is then strongly encouraged to post a summary to the list. This policy was instituted to help control the huge volume of mail on LINGUIST; so we would appreciate your cooperating with it whenever it seems appropriate. In addition to posting a summary, we'd like to remind people that it is usually a good idea to personally thank those individuals who have taken the trouble to respond to the query. To post to LINGUIST, use our convenient web form at http://linguistlist.org/LL/posttolinguist.cfm. Directory         1.     Johannes Reese , Swahili: '-mesha-' Infix Message 1: Swahili: '-mesha-' Infix Date: 19-Apr-2011 From: Johannes Reese <johannesreesegmx.de> Subject: Swahili: '-mesha-' Infix E-mail this message to a friend Dear all, I found a hint to a "-mesha-" infix in Swahili that could interest me. The hint was in a definitely non-linguistic booklet, and the only Swahili I currently have access to (Mohammed, Mohammed A. (2001): Modern Swahili grammar, Nairobi: East African Educational Publishers) doesn't mention this infix. Does any expert on Swahili know about research/reference to this infix and how it is evaluated in aspect theory? I am working on a newly emerging aspect form in Arabic dialects, esp. Moroccan Arabic, which was the topic of my dissertation that was recently submitted, which seems to cover both the clearly perfect Swahili infix "-me-" and possibly the "-mesha-" infix as well. As I don't know the aspectual category apparently covered by "-mesha-" in any other language I am familiar with, thoughts about "-mesha-" could be helpful for understanding the aspectual category it covers more deeply. The booklet I initially saw this Swahili infix in is: Christoph Friedrich (2010): Kisuaheli Wort für Wort. Für Ostafrika: Tanzania, Kenya und Uganda (Kauderwelsch), Bielefeld: Peter Rump. Many thanks in advance, Johannes Reese Linguistic Field(s): Typology Subject Language(s): Swahili (swh) Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue Page Updated: 23-May-2011       About LINGUIST    |   Contact Us       While the LINGUIST List makes every effort to ensure the linguistic relevance of sites listed on its pages, it cannot vouch for their contents.