Morphosyntactic variation in Bantu: Focus on East Africa

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dc.contributor.authorEdelsten, P
dc.contributor.authorGibson, H.
dc.contributor.authorGuérois, R.
dc.contributor.authorMapunda, G.
dc.contributor.authorMarten, L.
dc.contributor.authorTaji, J.
dc.date.accessioned2023-02-07T10:17:17Z
dc.date.available2023-02-07T10:17:17Z
dc.date.issued2022-06-30
dc.description.abstractRecent studies have developed a systematic approach to morphosyntactic variation among Bantu languages, taking well-known and widely attested construction types as a starting point and sketching their distribution across the family. One such approach, Guérois et al. (2017), utilises 142 morphosyntactic parameters or features, across a sample of some 50 Bantu languages (Marten et al. 2018). The present paper builds on this work and focusses on 10 parameters of variation where there is a significant difference between the values for East African Bantu languages and non-East African Bantu languages of the sample. The parameters relate to areas such as noun class morphology, agreement, and word order and so cover a wide range of morphosyntactic structures. The paper shows that the differences overall can be used for an initial characterisation of East Africa as a morphosyntactic area, with its own specific language change and language contact dynamics.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipLeverhulme Trust (RPG-2014-208)en_US
dc.identifier.citationEdelsten, Peter; Gibson, Hannah; Guérois, Rozenn; Mapunda, Gastor; Marten, Lutz; and Taji, Julius (2022) "Morphosyntactic variation in Bantu: Focus on East Africa," Journal of the Language Association of Eastern Africa: Vol. 1: No. 1, Article 4.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.5642/jlaea.OMUG7174
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11810/5972
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherThe Claremont Colleges Libraryen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries1;1
dc.subjectMorphosyntactic variation, word-order, East African Bantu, linguistic areasen_US
dc.titleMorphosyntactic variation in Bantu: Focus on East Africaen_US
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dc.typeJournal Article, Peer Revieweden_US
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