The external arguments of weather verbs in Northern Sotho

Mojapelo, Mampaka L.

dc.contributor.author	Mojapelo, Mampaka L.
dc.date.accessioned	2016-11-07T12:54:03Z
dc.date.available	2016-11-07T12:54:03Z
dc.date.issued	2003
dc.identifier.citation	Mojapelo, Mampaka L. 2003. The external arguments of weather verbs in Northern Sotho. South African Journal of African Languages Vol. 23(3): 154 -162.	en
dc.identifier.issn	0257-2117
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10500/21778
dc.identifier.uri	http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/02572117.2003.10587214
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dc.description.abstract	This article investigates the nature and occurrence of external arguments of weather verbs in Northern Sotho, with specific reference to the unaccusative hypothesis. Weather verbs are unaccusative. Their surface structure subject originates as a direct object in the deep structure. Weather verbs tend to select weather nouns as external arguments. They also appear with the null subject meaningfully in a way that no other verb can. Often the external argument and the verb incorporate each other.
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.publisher	South African Journal of African Languages	en
dc.relation.ispartofseries	South African Journal of African Languages;23(3): 154 -162
dc.title	The external arguments of weather verbs in Northern Sotho	en
dc.type	Article	en
dc.description.department	African Languages	en