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Query Subject:	Swahili: '-mesha-' Infix
Author:	Johannes Reese
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Linguistic LingField(s):	Typology
Subject Language(s):	Swahili

Query:	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
LL Issue:	22.2175
Date posted:	23-May-2011
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