The marking of grammatical relations in Swahili

This paper investigates the place of Swahili within a typological classification based on the morphological marking of grammatical relations as proposed by Nichols [1986]. Within Nichols' classification, Bantu languages are considered to be "split-marked" because the grammatical marki...

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Main Author: Mayrene Bentley
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: LibraryPress@UF 1998-06-01
Series:Studies in African Linguistics
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Online Access:https://journals.flvc.org/sal/article/view/107381