03371nam 2200589 450 991046605200332120211125155843.03-11-063499-63-11-048842-63-11-048838-810.1515/9783110490831(CKB)3710000000984000(MiAaPQ)EBC4804404(DE-B1597)468888(OCoLC)979585361(DE-B1597)9783110490831(Au-PeEL)EBL4804404(CaPaEBR)ebr11344938(CaONFJC)MIL984143(OCoLC)967394673(EXLCZ)99371000000098400020170227h20172017 uy 0engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierThe conjoint/disjoint alternation in Bantu /edited by Jenneke van der Wal and Larry M. HymanBerlin, [Germany] ;Boston, [Massachusetts] :De Gruyter Mouton,2017.©20171 online resource (468 pages) illustrationsTrends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs,1861-4302 ;Volume 301Includes indexes.3-11-049084-6 3-11-049083-8 Frontmatter --Preface --Table of contents --Contributors --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) --Language index --Subject indexThis 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.Trends in linguistics.Studies and monographs ;Volume 301.Bantu languagesVerb phraseElectronic books.Bantu languagesVerb phrase.496.39EP 13210rvkVan der Wal Jenneke1981-Hyman Larry M.MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910466052003321The conjoint2482776UNINA