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1 online resource (458 pages). |
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Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs,
1861-4302 ;
volume 301
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Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs ; 301.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| 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). |
| Summary |
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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Bantu languages -- Verb.
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Bantu languages -- Verb. |
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Bantu languages. |
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Bantu languages -- Case.
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Bantu languages -- Case. |
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Bantu languages -- Grammar.
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Bantu languages -- Grammar. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Van der Wal, Jenneke, 1981- editor.
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Hyman, Larry M., editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Conjoint/disjoint alternation in Bantu. Berlin ; Boston : Walter de Gruyter, [2017] 9783110488388 (DLC) 2017005450 (OCoLC)967848644 |
| ISBN |
9783110490831 (PDF) |
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3110490838 (PDF) |
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9783110488425 (EPUB) |
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3110488426 (EPUB) |
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9783110488388 (hardcover) |
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3110488388 (hardcover) |
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