Metaphorical extensions as a basis for grammaticalization with special reference to Zulu auxiliary verbs

dc.contributor.advisor	Hendrikse, A. P.
dc.contributor.author	Mkhatshwa, Simon Nyana
dc.date.accessioned	2021-11-24T07:00:34Z
dc.date.available	2021-11-24T07:00:34Z
dc.date.issued	1991-11
dc.date.submitted	2021-11
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10500/28297
dc.description.abstract	This study focuses on the development and the nature of Zulu auxiliary verbs. The syntactic category auxiliary has in the past received attention from various scholars. However, its origin and its etymology have not yet been attended to. In this thesis certain notions such as grammaticalization, metaphors, semantic field analysis, categorization, proto type theory and topology are used in order to explore the nature and the development of the auxiliaries in Zulu. The view that Zulu auxiliaries derive from full verbs is specifically and systematically examined.	en
dc.format.extent	1 online resource (viii, 166 leaves) : illustrations, graphs
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.subject	South African indigenous content	en
dc.subject	African languages	en
dc.subject.ddc	496.398656
dc.subject.lcsh	Zulu language -- Auxiliary verbs	en
dc.subject.lcsh	Zulu language -- Grammaticalization	en
dc.title	Metaphorical extensions as a basis for grammaticalization with special reference to Zulu auxiliary verbs	en
dc.type	Dissertation	en
dc.description.department	African Languages	en
dc.description.degree	M.A. (Linguistics)

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