Scholars International Journal of Linguistics and Literature (SIJLL)
Volume-6 | Issue-04 | 206-213
Review Article
The Verb Phrase in Shupamem
Ernest Njifon Ngoupayou
Published : April 21, 2023
Abstract
This paper analyses the structure of the verb phrase in Shupamem; a Grassfields Eastern Bantu language spoken in the West region of Cameroon. More importantly, this study identifies the different components of the verb phrase in Shupamem in one hand and the order of these various elements in the other hand. I propose that Shupamem is a satellite-framed language; in this language motion events are described by attaching a particular particle to the verb. Most interestingly, it is shown that in Shupamem, the structure of the VP is not rigid. Hence, in this language, the various components of the VP that is the adjective, the adverb, the preposition and the noun can be freely combined and thus giving us twelve different structures of the VP.