Comparing Hiatus Resolution in Karanga and Nambya

This article compares three hiatus resolution strategies, viz., glide formation, secondary articulation and vowel elision in Karanga and Nambya, two southern Bantu languages spoken in Zimbabwe. The overall analysis is couched in Optimality Theory (hereafter OT). The strategies operate across a pref...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Calisto Mudzingwa, Maxwell Kadenge
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nordic Africa Research Network 2011-09-01
Series:Nordic Journal of African Studies
Online Access:https://www.njas.fi/njas/article/view/183