Essays about: "Bantu languages"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 11 essays containing the words Bantu languages.

  1. 1. ‘NOTHING IS IN VAIN': Non-Standard Negation and Cyclical Change in Kutu, Kwere, and Zalamo

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

    Author : Aron Zahran; [2023-10-31]
    Keywords : Engelska; Bantu; Morphosyntax; Historical Linguistics; Grammaticalization; Descriptive Linguistics; Typology; Negation; Possessive Predication; Locational Predication; Negative Existentials; Semantic Change;

    Abstract : This work concerns the polyfunctionality and grammaticalization of an item bule in the under described Tanzanian Bantu languages, Kutu, Kwere, and Zalamo. Through collection and analysis of field data, it is shown that the original adverbial element bule ‘for free, in vain, for no reason’ has developed a wide range of functions within the domain of non-standard negation. READ MORE

  3. 2. Phasal Polarity in Swahili

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för filosofi, lingvistik och vetenskapsteori

    Author : Aron Zahran; [2021-09-01]
    Keywords : Swahili; Bantu languages; phasal polarity; tense; aspect; grammaticalization;

    Abstract : This scope of this essay is to investigate and systematically describe a set of linguistic items in Swahili expressing Phasal Polarity (PhP), i.e. the notions of ‘NOT YET’, ‘ALREADY, ‘STILL’, and ‘NO LONGER’. READ MORE

  4. 3. NOT YET-Constructions in the Swedish Skellefteå Dialect

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Avdelningen för allmän språkvetenskap

    Author : Jill Zachrisson; [2020]
    Keywords : Nondum; Phasal Polarity; speaker expectations; Westrobothnian; Swedish;

    Abstract : Expressions such as not yet, already, still and no longer belong to a category called Phasal Polarity (Phasal Polarity), and express phase, polarity and speaker expectations. In European languages, these often appear as phasal adverbs. READ MORE

  5. 4. Phasal Polarity in Bantu Languages : A typological study

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för lingvistik

    Author : Althea Löfgren; [2019]
    Keywords : aspect; bantu; phasal polarity; tense;

    Abstract : This study explores a category of expressions akin to not yet, already, still and no longer, called PhasalPolarity (PhP) expressions and builds on the work of Löfgren (2018). PhP expressions encode the domainsof phasal values, polarity and speaker expectations and have previously been described in Europeanlanguages (van der Auwera: 1998) and in a small, genealogically diverse sample (van Baar: 1997). READ MORE

  6. 5. Phasal Polarity Systems in East Bantu

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för lingvistik

    Author : Althea Löfgren; [2018]
    Keywords : aspect; Bantu languages; phasal polarity; tense;

    Abstract : This study explores a category of expressions akin to not yet, already, still and no longer, called Phasal Polarity (PhP) expressions. They encode the domains of phasal values, polarity and speaker expectations and have previously been described in European languages (van der Auwera 1998) and in a small, genealogically diverse sample (van Baar 1997). READ MORE