The clause in the Zulu sentence
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Authors
Hlongwane, J. B.
Issue Date
1983-09
Type
Thesis
Language
en
Keywords
African languages , South African indigenous content
Alternative Title
Abstract
In this investigation an attempt is made to reveal the
internal relationship of units in the Zulu clause as well as
the external relationship of clauses. Internal relationship
deals with the organization of units within a clause and the
implications thereof, Sometimes this is referred to as
intra-clausal relationship, External relationship deals
with co-ordination and subordination of clauses in a sentence
(inter-clausal relationship) and this is the major concern
of the investigation, In our selection of sentences we
have been guided by the facts of language so that both
system- and text-sentences are considered.
Co-ordination, which is a process of linking clauses, is
divided into:
A. Conjoining co-ordination:
1. Ordinary conjoining co-ordination
2. Zeugmatic and sylleptic conjoining co-ordination.
B, Juxtapositioning co-ordination:
1. Paratactic co-ordination
2. Consecutive co-ordination
3. Serial co-ordination
C. Lexemic co-ordination:
1. Proper co-ordination
2. Pleonastic co-ordination
3. Quasi- co-ordination
4. Periphrastic co-ordination.
Subordination, also a linking process, has the following
clauses:
A. Modifying subordinate clauses:
1. Relative clause
2. Descriptive clause (Expansion clause)
B. Complementing subordinate clause:
1. Directive clause
2. Complementary clause
3. Reported clause
Text-sentences, based on a folktale, are divided into:
1. Free sentences
2. Bound sentences: (a) Sequential sentences
(b) Elliptical sentences
Pragmatic structures are divided into:
1. Topic construction
2. Existential construction
3. Prominence construction: (a) Focus construction
(b) Emphatic construction
In the end it is noted that the division of co-ordination
and subordination of clauses in Zulu is not always
straightforward, At times an overlap is detected between
co-ordination and subordination. This has necessitated the
sub-classification of co-ordination into:
1. Full-fledged co-ordination
2. Marginal co-ordination
Meaning as attached to clauses may be divided into:
1. Descriptive meaning
2. Pragmatic meaning
3. Presuppositional meaning
4. Propositional meaning