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The conjoint/disjoint alternation in Bantu /

This volume brings together descriptions and analyses of the conjoint/disjoint alternation, a typologically significant phenomenon found in many Bantu languages. The chapters provide in-depth documentation, comparative studies and theoretical analyses of the alternation from a range of Bantu languag...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Van der Wal, Jenneke, 1981- (Editor ), Hyman, Larry M. (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berlin ; Boston : Walter de Gruyter, [2017]
Colección:Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs ; 301.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. What is the conjoint/disjoint alternation? Parameters of crosslinguistic variation
  • 3. Locating the Bantu conjoint/disjoint alternation in a typology of focus marking
  • 4. Disentangling conjoint, disjoint, metatony, tone cases, augments, prosody, and focus in Bantu
  • 5. Shangaji paired tenses: Emergence of a CJ /DJ system?
  • 6. The Kikuyu focus marker nĩ : Formal and functional similarities to the conjoint/disjoint alternation
  • 7. Conjoint and disjoint verb forms in Gur? Evidence from Yom
  • 8. The conjoint/disjoint distinction in the tonal morphology of Tswana
  • 9. The conjoint/disjoint alternation in Símákonde
  • 10. The conjoint/disjoint alternation and phonological phrasing in Bemba
  • 11. Prosodic evidence for syntactic phrasing in Zulu
  • 12. Prosody/syntax mismatches in the Zulu conjoint/disjoint alternation
  • 13. The conjoint/disjoint alternation in Kinyarwanda
  • 14. The conjoint/disjoint alternation in Kirundi (JD62): A case for its abolition
  • 15. Conjoint/disjoint distinction and focus in Matengo (N13).