The conjoint/disjoint alternation in Bantu

The conjoint/disjoint alternation in Bantu

by Hyman, Larry M. Van der Wal, Jenneke

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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 languages, showing its crosslinguistic variation in constituent structure, morphology, prosody and information structure.

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  • Full title :The conjoint/disjoint alternation in Bantu / edited by Jenneke van der Wal and Larry M. Hyman.

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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 languages, showing its crosslinguistic variation in constituent structure, morphology, prosody and information structure.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:©2017

Publication Statements

  • Publisher(s):Walter De Gruyter
  • Place of Publication:Berlin
  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:©2017

The Physical Object

  • Description:1 online resource (458 pages)

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9783110490831, 3110490838, 9783110488425, 3110488426
  • oclc:ocn967394673
  • LC Classification:PL8025.1
  • Dewey Decimal:496.39

Table of Contents

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).

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Subjects

Bantu languages -- Case Bantu languages -- Grammar Bantu languages -- Verb Langues bantoues -- Cas Langues bantoues -- Grammaire

Writers

Hyman, Larry M. Van der Wal, Jenneke

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