Animacy-based concord in Chiyao
| dc.contributor.author | Taji, Julius | |
| dc.contributor.author | Riedel, Kristina | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-02-13T19:28:04Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-02-13T19:28:04Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2022-07-16 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Chiyao (Bantu, P21) allows animate concord and/or grammatical agreement for subject and object marking, depending on the type of noun. This article offers an initial description of the relevant patterns in Tanzanian Chiyao. We examine animacy effects in Chiyao grammar, focusing on subject and object marking. We show that the choice of animate concord over class concord is determined by a complex combination of factors, including formal grammatical features like noun class and number, semantic features of the referent such as size, and pragmatics. These findings contribute to the literature on Chiyao, our understanding of agreement systems in Bantu languages and the typological and comparative literature on animacy as a grammatical and/or pragmatic feature. | en_US |
| dc.description.sponsorship | University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | Kristina Riedel & Julius Taji (2022) Animacy-based concord in Chiyao, South African Journal of African Languages, 42:2, 190-199 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.doi | 10.1080/02572117.2022.2094039 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11810/5991 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Taylor & Francis Group | en_US |
| dc.subject | Chiyao, Bantu language, animacy, concord | en_US |
| dc.title | Animacy-based concord in Chiyao | en_US |
| dc.type | Conference Proceedings | en_US |
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