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



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Titolo: The conjoint/disjoint alternation in Bantu / / edited by Jenneke van der Wal and Larry M. Hyman Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Berlin, [Germany] ; ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : , : De Gruyter Mouton, , 2017
©2017
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (468 pages) : illustrations
Disciplina: 496.39
Soggetto topico: Bantu languages - Verb phrase
Classificazione: EP 13210
Persona (resp. second.): Van der WalJenneke <1981->
HymanLarry M.
Note generali: Includes indexes.
Nota di contenuto: 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 index
Sommario/riassunto: 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.
Titolo autorizzato: The conjoint  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 3-11-063499-6
3-11-048842-6
3-11-048838-8
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910817107903321
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Serie: Trends in linguistics. . -Studies and monographs ; ; Volume 301.