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An analysis of verbal affixes in Kikongo with special reference to form and function

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dc.contributor.advisor Matsinhe, S.F. en
dc.contributor.author Fernando, Mbiavanga en
dc.date.accessioned 2009-08-25T11:03:16Z
dc.date.available 2009-08-25T11:03:16Z
dc.date.issued 2008-10
dc.date.submitted 2008-09-30 en
dc.identifier.citation Fernando, Mbiavanga (2008) An analysis of verbal affixes in Kikongo with special reference to form and function, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/2414> en
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10500/2414
dc.description.abstract The relation between verbal affixes and their effect on the predicate argument structure of the verbs that host them has been the focus of many studies in linguistics, with special reference to Bantu languages in recent years. Given the colonial policy on indigenous languages in Angola, Kikongo, as is the case of other Bantu languages in that country, has not been sufficiently studied. This study explores the form and function of six verbal affixes, including the order in which they occur in the verb stem. The study maintains that the applicative and causative are valency-increasing verbal affixes and, as such, give rise to double object constructions in Kikongo. The passive, reciprocal, reflexive and stative are valency-decreasing and, as such, they reduce the valency of the verb by one object. This study also suggests that Kikongo is a symmetrical object language in which both objects appear to have equal status. en
dc.format.extent 1 online resource (167 leaves)
dc.language.iso en en
dc.subject African languages en
dc.subject South African indigenous content en
dc.subject.ddc 496.39315
dc.subject.lcsh Kituba language (Congo (Democratic Republic)) -- Verbals
dc.title An analysis of verbal affixes in Kikongo with special reference to form and function en
dc.type Dissertation en
dc.description.department African Languages en
dc.description.degree M.A. (African Languages) en


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