Modal auxiliary verb constructions in East African Bantu languages
Journal of African Languages and Literatures, 2022 In this article we offer an overview of the use of modal auxiliary verb constructions in East African Bantu (encompassing languages spoken from eastern Congo in the north-west to northern Mozambique in the south-east; viz.
Rasmus Bernander +2 more
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Variation in the coding of the noncausal/causal alternation: Causative *-i in East Bantu languages
Linguistique et Langues Africaines, 2022 In this paper, we discuss shifts in the formal relation, i.e. “correspondence” (Haspelmath 1993; Nichols et al. 2004), between members of noncausal/causal verb pairs in eight East Bantu languages.
Sebastian Dom +3 more
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The locative system in Cuwabo and Makhuwa (P30 Bantu languages) [PDF]
Linguistique et Langues Africaines, 2016 This article presents the locative morphosyntax of Cuwabo and Makhuwa (Bantu, North Mozambique), in a comparative perspective with a sample of other Bantu languages.
Rozenn Guérois
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Early production of the passive in two Eastern Bantu languages. [PDF]
First Lang, 2012 The passive construction is acquired relatively late by children learning to speak many languages, with verbal passives not fully acquired till age 6 in English. In other languages it appears earlier, around age 3 or before.
Alcock KJ, Rimba K, Newton CR.
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Bringing together linguistic and genetic evidence to test the Bantu expansion [PDF]
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 2012 The expansion of Bantu languages represents one of the most momentous events in the history of Africa. While it is well accepted that Bantu languages spread from their homeland (Cameroon/Nigeria) ~5,000 years ago (ya), there is no consensus about the ...
Cesare de Filippo, Koen Bostoen
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Translation-Based Dictionary Alignment for Under-Resourced Bantu Languages [PDF]
, 2019 Despite a large number of active speakers, most Bantu languages can be considered as under- or less-resourced languages. This includes especially the current situation of lexicographical data, which is highly unsatisfactory concerning the size, quality ...
Bosch, Sonja +4 more
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Cultural phylogeography of the Bantu Languages of sub-Saharan Africa. [PDF]
Proc Biol Sci, 2013 Currie TE, Meade A, Guillon M, Mace R.
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Environmental conditions do not predict diversification rates in the Bantu languages. [PDF]
Heliyon, 2019 Beyer R +3 more
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Properties of Subjects in Bantu Languages [PDF]
, 2010 A handout of a presentation given at the Afranaph Project Development Workshop on December 11, 2010, at Rutgers University in New Jersey.This handout discusses how subject words function in various Bantu languages.
Carstens, Vicki +5 more
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The Evolution of Noun Prefixes in West-Coastal Bantu Languages of Gabon [PDF]
LanguagesThis study offers a detailed comparative analysis of the reflexes of Proto-Bantu noun class prefixes within nine Gabonese languages belonging to the B50, B60, and B70 groups of Guthrie’s referential inventory of the Bantu languages.
Japhet Niama Niama
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