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On the relation between noun prefixes and grammaticalisation in Nguni relative clauses.
(Wiley-Blackwell., 2006)
This paper discusses morphological and syntactic aspects of relative clauses in two related Southern Bantu language groups. In Sotho-Tswana, object relative clauses are formed by means of clause-initial relative complementisers ...
Relative clause formation in the Bantu languages of South Africa.
(Southern African Applied Linguistics Association & The Linguistics Society of Southern Africa., 2004)
This article discusses (verbal) relative clauses in the Bantu languages spoken in South
Africa. The first part of the article offers a comparison of the relative clause formation strategies in
Sotho, Tsonga, Nguni and ...
Universal principles and parametric variation : remarks on formal linguistics and the grammar of Zulu.
(University of KwaZulu-Natal., 2005)
Research on topics of an essentially African nature should be regarded as a cornerstone of
learning at an African university. At the same time, this research must avoid becoming insular
and parochial. The study of the ...
Word-level and phrase-level prefixes in Zulu.
(Akadémiai Kiadó., 2003)
In Zulu, one of the nine officially recognised Bantu languages of South Africa, the predicate of a relative clause is usually modified with a prefix which expresses both relativisation and agreement with the subject of the ...
Raising out of finite CP in Nguni: the case of fanele.
(Southern African Applied Linguistics Association & The Linguistics Society of Southern Africa., 2006)
The Nguni modal verb fanele can select a finite clause in the subjunctive mood as its
complement. Typically, the thematic subject of this clausal complement remains in the embedded
subject position, in which case the ...
On the subject marker in Kinyarwanda.
(Southern African Applied Linguistics Association & The Linguistics Society of Southern Africa., 2008)
This article examines the morphosyntactic representation of the subject agreement
marker (SM) in null subject constructions in the Bantu language Kinyarwanda. Three prominent
analyses are compared. The first analysis ...
Object marking in isiZulu.
(Southern African Applied Linguistics Association & The Linguistics Society of Southern Africa., 2012)
I examine object marking in the Nguni language isiZulu, focusing specifically on those
properties that are subject to micro-parametric variation within the Bantu family. This includes the
occurrence of object markers in ...
The subject marker in Bantu as an antifocus marker.
(University of Stellenbosch. Department of General Linguistics., 2008)
No abstract available.
Derived subjects in Kinyarwanda locative constructions.
(University of Stellenbosch. Department of General Linguistics., 2006)
No abstract available.
South African Indian English: a qualitative study of attitudes.
(International Association for World Englishes Inc., 2010)
This paper focuses on attitudes towards South African Indian English (SAIE), an L1 variety of English spoken in South Africa. The attitudes of the participants are considered against the backdrop of the socio-political ...