Object marking in isiZulu.
Date
2012
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Publisher
Southern African Applied Linguistics Association & The Linguistics Society of Southern Africa.
Abstract
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 object relative clauses and in double object constructions, and the
correlation between object marking and dislocation. I also address the extent to which my findings
support either a pronoun- or an object agreement-analysis of object markers. My results provide
support for the idea that object markers in isiZulu are in the process of changing from pronominal
clitics into agreement markers.
Description
This is the unreviewed manuscript of an article originally submitted to Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies and whose final and definitive form has been published in Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies 2012, 30 (2): 219-235. © 2008 copyright NISC (Pty) Ltd. Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies is available online at: http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/rall20
Keywords
Zulu language--Morphology., Zulu language--Syntax.
Citation
Zeller, J. 2012. Object marking in isiZulu. Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies, 30(2) pp. 219-235.