Properties of the adjective category in Runyambo

dc.contributor.author	Lusekelo, Amani
dc.date.accessioned	2021-04-29T13:08:15Z
dc.date.available	2021-04-29T13:08:15Z
dc.date.issued	2020
dc.description.abstract	The identification of adjectives in many languages seems to be a point of concern to many linguists. It has been established by some scholars that adjectives form a closed word category in many languages of the world, while in others they are said to form an open word category. The aim of this article is to determine the nature of adjectives in Runyambo, using the prototype theory. Any item deviating from the prototypical features of a category tends to be morphologically or syntactically marked. The items discussed in this article therefore range from core adjectives to adjectives derived from other word categories. Runyambo falls in a group of languages with a closed class of adjectives forming only 13 items. Among these 13 items, there are only six core adjectives, two adjectives derived from nouns, two from verbs and three flexible adjectives.	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11810/5701
dc.publisher	South African Journal of African Languages	en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries	40(1);
dc.title	Properties of the adjective category in Runyambo	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article	en_US

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