02465 am 22006373u 450 991025139510332120221206095553.03-96110-015-210.5281/zenodo.926408(CKB)4100000001587817(OAPEN)641705(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/36299(PPN)243801483(EXLCZ)99410000000158781720181212h20172017 fy 0engurmu#---auuuutxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe verb in Nyakyusa a focus on tense, aspect, and modality /Bastian PersohnLanguage Science Press2017Berlin, Germany :Language Science Press,2017.©20171 online resource (xii, 385 pages) PDF, digital file(s)Contemporary African linguistics ;23-96110-014-4 Includes bibliographical references and indexes.Nyakyusa is an underdescribed Bantu language spoken by around 800.000 speakers in the Mbeya Region of Tanzania. This book provides a detailled description of the verb in this language. The topics covered include the complex morphophonological and morphological processes as well as verb-to-verb derivation, copula verbs and grammaticalized verbs of motion. The main body of the book consists of a detailed description of tense, aspect and modality constructions, which includes not only an in-depth discussion of their sentence level semantics, but also of their patterns of employment in discourse.Contemporary African linguistics ;2.Bantu languagesVerbLinguisticsbicsscmbeya regionverbtanzaniamodalityaspecttensebantu languagesAguna languageCliticNyakyusa languagePast tensePerfective aspectSimple presentSubject (grammar)Subjunctive moodBantu languagesVerb.Linguistics400Persohn Bastian938651UkMaJRUBOOK9910251395103321The verb in Nyakyusa2115562UNINA