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Tense, Aspect, And Mood In Town Nyanja: A Morphological Inventory And Contrastive Analysis From Chichewa, Jonathan Beers
Tense, Aspect, And Mood In Town Nyanja: A Morphological Inventory And Contrastive Analysis From Chichewa, Jonathan Beers
Linguistics
The Bantu languages Nyanja and Chichewa are considered dialects of the same language in some circles; Town Nyanja is one of three different dialects among Nyanja itself, spoken in Zambia’s capital city, Lusaka. This piece of research delves into morphological data provided by a Town Nyanja native speaker through a series of remote video elicitations. While potentially (and likely) not comprehensive, this paper includes a morphological inventory of tense, aspect, and mood markers for Town Nyanja verbs, and contrasts these morphemes with those present in Chichewa; it is the belief of this researcher that there is significant evidence that the …
Focus Structures In Copala Triqui, Zena Zimmerglass
Focus Structures In Copala Triqui, Zena Zimmerglass
Linguistics
The purpose of this research is to identify the techniques used by speakers of Copala Triqui to focus one or more constituents in a sentence. Copala Triqui is a native Mexican language originating in the region that is now San Juan Copala, Mexico. In this experiment, we tested for five types of focus: broad focus, subject focus, object focus, contrastive subject focus, and contrastive object focus. We captured these patterns by having speakers answer Triqui questions that elicited the appropriate type of focus. We found that some focused sentences allow for deviations in word order from non-focused or broad-focused ones. …
Ideophones In Manyika Shona: A Descriptive Analysis Of Ideophones And Their Function In Manyika (Bantu), Genevieve E. Franck
Ideophones In Manyika Shona: A Descriptive Analysis Of Ideophones And Their Function In Manyika (Bantu), Genevieve E. Franck
Linguistics
Ideophones are a class of words which occur in many languages throughout the world, but are relatively uncommon in English. Though often mimetic, ideophones are not to be confused with onomatopoeia since they extend well beyond the narrow scope of sound only symbolism. In the past, ideophones have been difficult for linguists to categorize and understand due to their limited usage in many of their native European languages. These words are marked due to their divergent phonology, morphology, syntax, or all of the above. Ideophones often vividly depict one or more sensory events, ranging from sight to emotion. This paper …
Adjectives, Be Verbs, And Derterminers In Manyika Shona, Grace Teubl
Adjectives, Be Verbs, And Derterminers In Manyika Shona, Grace Teubl
Linguistics
Manyika is a dialect of Shona, a Bantu language spoken in Zimbabwe and Mozambique. Like many Bantu languages, Manyika has a noun class system, which affects the morphology and phonology of many parts of speech including nouns, verbs, adjectives, and determiners. In this paper, noun class is studied in relation to adjectives, stative verbs, and determiners. In addition, there is a section on the use of the be-verb in Manyika Shona, and a section on combinations of determiners and the syntax of the determiner phrases.
Body Part Words In Copala Triqui And A Brief Spatial Sketch, Ann Weiner
Body Part Words In Copala Triqui And A Brief Spatial Sketch, Ann Weiner
Linguistics
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