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Descriptive linguistics as applicable to Bantu languages [PDF]
, 1962 Text of inaugural address delivered on Aug. 23, 1962.During the period following the return of Bantu linguistics from predominantly diachronic interests to problems of a purely descriptive nature, the Department of Bantu Languages at the University of ...
Van Wyk, E.B. (Egidius Benedictus), 1929-
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The sounds of the Bantu languages
, 2019 Chapter 3 is about the sounds of Bantu languages. Many Bantu languages have relatively simple segmental inventories. However, internal developments and external influences create considerable diversity in consonantal and vocalic patterns. Depressor consonants, ATR/RTR vowels, prenasalised stops, ejectives and clicks are among the sounds that have been ...
Maddieson, I, Sands, B
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Aspects of the phonology of Sukwa: an optimality theoretic analysis [PDF]
, 2011 Phonological studies of Bantu languages have continued to be an area of investigation for many scholars over the years. These studies have discussed the language's sound patterns syllable structures, phonological processes and suprasegmental features and
Mtenje, Atikonda Akuzike
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Quaternary Environments and HumansIn this article, Jan Vansina’s essay on the deep-time population history of the Kwilu-Kasai region, now more than half a century old, is revisited through the kaleidoscopic lens of newly collected linguistic, archaeological, palaeoecological and genetic ...
Koen Bostoen +5 more
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Yeyi: A Phylogenetic Loner in Eastern Bantu
LanguagesWhile major advances in the subclassification of Bantu languages have been made thanks to comprehensive, lexicon-based classifications, there are still several important uncertainties obscuring not only the diachronic linguistic processes that gave rise ...
Hilde Gunnink +2 more
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Motion time and tense on the grammaticalization of come and go to future markers in Bantu
Studies in African Linguistics, 2006 Many Bantu languages have grammaticized one or both types of motion verb -COME and GO - as future markers. However, they may differ in the semantics of future temporal reference, in some cases referring to a "near" future, in others to a "remote" future.
Robert Botne
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Morphosyntactic variation in Bantu: The case of Setswana
Studies in African Linguistics, 2023 Within the context of microvariation in Bantu, three processes are examined in Setswana – object marking, inversion constructions and diminutive marking.
Nancy Kula, Lutz Marten
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An axiomatic functionalist analysis of the phonology of Yulu [PDF]
, 2012 This thesis is concerned with the description of Yulu, a language which has not previously been subjected to modern linguistic analysis. Thus this thesis has two important aspects.
Gabjanda, James Dahab
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Proto-Bantu existential locational construction(s)
, 2022 This chapter proposes a Proto-Bantu reconstruction of existential constructions based on a convenience sample of 180 Bantu languages, which points towards “existential locationals” (ELs) as a suitable base for comparison.
Devos, Maud +3 more
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Noun classes and plurality in Bantu languages [PDF]
, 2021 Noun classes are a prominent grammatical feature of Bantu languages where typically each noun (or noun stem) is assigned to one of between fifteen and eighteen noun classes.
Marten, Lutz
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