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ICULD-0021 Xitsonga: Morphosyntactic Microvariation

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ICULD-0022 Xitsonga: Words from Cuenod

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An Electroglottograph Study of Xitsonga nasals: an exploratory study

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ICULD-0041 Xitsonga (S53) : 2010 data

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Morphosyntax of causativised passives in Xitsonga

South African Journal of African Languages, 2022
This article explores the structure of the transitive verb that concurrently appears with both the causative morpheme -is- and the passive morpheme -iw- in Xitsonga. Generally, these two morphemes are treated independently of each other in the literature. Xitsonga is no exception to this phenomenon. No report is available which highlights the effect of
Crous Hlungwani
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A descriptive analysis of Xitsonga contemporary music

South African Journal of African Languages, 2023
Indigenous music and dance can help one to vividly fathom the behaviour, values and morals of particular cultural groups, who perform its music and dance for various reasons. The indigenous music and dance of the Vatsonga also play a vital role in the lives of not only the Vatsonga, but also others who enjoy indigenous Xitsonga music and dance. However,
Nyikelani Davis Mabasa
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A surface constraint in Xitsonga: *Li

Africana Linguistica, 2015
This paper proposes a surface constraint against the phonotactic sequence [ li] in Xitsonga. This constraint is supported by multiple lines of synchronic and diachronic evidence, individually identified in some previous work (Baumbach 1974, 1987 ; du Plessis et al. 1995) and supported in our own data. We observe that a synchronic change of / l/ to [ r]
Bennett, William G., Seunghun, Lee J.
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The ‘Whistled' Fricative in Xitsonga: Its Articulation and Acoustics

Phonetica, 2014
Abstract The present study examines the articulation and acoustics of the typologically rare and understudied ‘whistled' fricative sound in Xitsonga, a Southern Bantu language. Using ultrasound imaging and video recording, we examine the lingual and labial articulation of the whistled fricative.
Shigeto Kawahara, Sang-Im Lee-Kim
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Xitsonga tone: The syntax–phonology interface

2022
AbstractPatterns of prosodic-structure-sensitive high tone spread in the Bantu language Xitsonga reveal mismatches between syntactic and phonological/prosodic constituency. A modular account of these mismatches is proposed: Match constraints (Selkirk 2011) are re-construed as spell-out constraints relating the output representation of the morphosyntax ...
Seunghun J. Lee, Elisabeth Selkirk
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Xitsonga segmental phonology

Language and Linguistics Compass
Abstract Xitsonga, a southern Bantu language (S53) spoken in South Africa, possesses rich phonological patterns that have been underreported in the literature. This paper aims to provide an overview of the phonology of Xitsonga with a focus on segmental phonology, building up on existing literature.
Seunghun Lee
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