Endocentric and exocentric compounds in Kiswahili

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dc.contributor.authorLusekelo, Amani
dc.date.accessioned2021-04-29T12:41:59Z
dc.date.available2021-04-29T12:41:59Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.description.abstractThe endocentric-exocentric dichotomy is the core of the discussion in this article. The discussion concerns the semantic classification of compounds in Kiswahili. The data substantiates the presence of the firm dichotomy of the endocentric and exocentric compounds. I establish that endocentric compounds split into left-headed, double-head and right-headed structures due to semantic contribution of the words which form the compounds. I suggest that exocentric compounds require special attention in that the head of the compound is projected from the semantic-pragmatic context in the speaker community. In the article, I show that Kiswahili compounds reveal grammaticalisation of the proto-item *-yánà ‘child’ to reflex mwana that means ‘Specialist of X’. Also, Kiswahili data reveals the lexicalization of the proto-item *-ényé from the ‘Possessive Pronoun’ to left-most element of a compound mwenye ‘Having X’. I argue that this is a kind of bahuvrihi compounding.en_US
dc.identifier.issn1336-782X
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11810/5695
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherSKASE Journal of Theoretical Linguisticsen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries16(4);
dc.subjectCompounds, Endocentric, Exocentric, Grammaticalization, Kiswahilien_US
dc.titleEndocentric and exocentric compounds in Kiswahilien_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
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