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Exceptional Properties of the Reflexive in Bantu Languages
Published 2015-03-01“… This article provides an overview of the numerous exceptional morphosyntactic and phonological properties of the reflexive compared to other object prefixes in Bantu languages. These properties are considered in light of Marlo’s (2014, 2015, to appear) micro-typological studies of Bantu object marking, and the proposal that the 1sg object prefix and the reflexive may be in a position closer to the verb stem than other object prefixes. …”
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Emphatic Interpretations of Object Marking in Bantu Languages
Published 2024-03-01“… This paper investigates emphatic interpretations of object marking in various Bantu languages. We focus on Lubukusu (spoken in Kenya) and Cinyungwe (spoken in Mozambique) in particular, but we also report initial evidence from other Bantu languages (mainly Tiriki, Wanga, and Ikalanga). …”
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Problems of Citation Forms in Dictionaries of Bantu Languages
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Grammatical and Lexical Comparison of the Greater Ruvu Bantu Languages
Published 2013-09-01“… This article discusses lexical and grammatical comparison and sub-grouping in a set of closely related Bantu language varieties in the Morogoro region, Tanzania. …”
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Early production of the passive in two Eastern Bantu languages
Published 2012“…Use of passive construction in young children was examined in two Eastern Bantu languages spoken in Kenya (Kiswahili and Kigiriama), both with frequent use of passive. …”
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Mapping between Disjoining and Conjoining Writing Systems in Bantu Languages
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Modal auxiliary verb constructions in East African Bantu languages
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Towards Machine-Readable Lexicons for South African Bantu languages
Published 2007-06-01“… Lexical information for South African Bantu languages is not readily available in the form of machine-readable lexicons. …”
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The AMAR mechanism: nominal expressions in the Bantu languages are shaped by apposition and reintegration
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A Comparison of Approaches to Word Class Tagging: Disjunctively vs. Conjunctively Written Bantu Languages
Published 2006-12-01“… Northern Sotho and Zulu are two South African Bantu languages that make use of different writing systems, viz. a disjunctive and a conjunctive writing system respectively. …”
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The expression of diminutivity in Central Ring Grassfields Bantu
Published 2020-12-01Subjects: “…Central Ring Grassfields Bantu languages…”
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A música rap de Azagaia: protestar contra injustiças sociais em Moçambique
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A typology of northwestern Bantu gender systems
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Production Is Only Half the Story — First Words in Two East African Languages
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Mirativity and evidentiality in Bantu
Published 2024-03-01“… This special issue addresses how evidentiality and mirativity are expressed in various Bantu languages. Both the notions of evidentiality and mirativity remain underexamined for the Bantu languages – the following quote is quite typical: “It appears that expressing evidentiality as a verbal affix or clitic is the most common strategy. …”
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