Ti and hypothetical conditionals: Ti n ɛ Ti and factual conditionals, ti but no n ɛ

The semantics of three Mpyemo prepositions 225 to ri ti KINDS of NOUNS as LM s for to KINDS of NOUNS as LM s for ri KINDS of NOUNS as LM s for ti common nouns common nouns place nouns area, volume place nouns place nouns time time nouns time nouns abstract nouns abstract nouns nominalised verbs nominalised verbs KINDS of VERBS heading clauses with to+ LM PP s KINDS of VERBS heading clauses with ri+ LM PP s KINDS of VERBS heading clauses with ti+ LM PP s motion verbs intransitive SPG or SPG transitive SPG or SPG motion verbs, impenetrable LM, intransitive, SPG 2.1.1 transitive motion verbs, penetrable LM, transitive SPG 2.1.2 motion verbs localised over boundary of LM 2.2 situations localised over boundary of LM 3.1 non-motion verbs no mover action verbs no mover near boundary of LM 2.3 copula, verb ‘be’ no mover copula, verb ‘be’no mover 2.4 verb ‘have’ no mover 2.5 ri with non-verbal relation words 2.6 ri in the domain of the TAM system of verb 2.8 ti in the domain of the TAM system of verb 3.5 imperfectives aspect habituals aspect immediate past tense In time margins of a clause 2.7 location of situation in time space 3.2 ADVERBIAL CLAUSES introduced by ti. 3.4 Adverbial clauses with PERF verbhypothetic if’s3.4.1 Adverbial clauses with PRES verb factual if’s3.4.2 Adverbial clauses with REL verbwhen clauses3.4.3 focus on containerhood focus on boundaries Table 1. Table of the contrasts of the functions of the three prepositions to, ri, and ti in Mpyemo. References Gordon, Raymond G. Jr., ed. 2005. Ethnologue: Languages of the world. Fifteenth edition. Dallas, TX: SIL International. http:www.ethnologue.com . Guthrie, Malcolm. 1948. The classification of the Bantu languages. London: Oxford University Press for the International African Institute. Langacker, Ronald W. 1987. Foundations of cognitive grammar, Vol. 1. Theoretical prerequisites . Stanford: Stanford University Press. Langacker, Ronald W. 2008. Cognitive grammar: A basic introduction. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.