Most prominent linguists who have studied tense accept that a distinction has to be drawn between two tense systems, namely absolute and relative tense. In the case of the absolute tenses the temporal interpretation of events is done from coding time (the deictic centre). The deictic centre serves as origo for the temporal interpretation of the events. However, in the case of relative tenses the temporal interpretation of the events is not done directly from coding time, but from a specific reference point that is situated in a particular relation to the coding time (the deictic centre). In spite of the publication of a number of grammars on the Bantu languages in recent years, Bantu linguists still do not distinguish systematically between...
This paper presents some key findings of studies of actionality and the verbal grammar–lexicon inter...
The aim of this study is to devote attention to tense and time as verbal categories in Northern Sot...
In this article we examine variation in the expression of tense and aspect (TA) in 23 modern and two...
Most prominent linguists who have studied tense accept that a distinction has to be drawn between tw...
Scholars have used terminology such as 'tenses of the participial', 'compound tenses' and 'continuou...
This dissertation describes and compares the tense-aspect systems found in three southeastern Bantu ...
The methodology of this article involved an examination of theoretical and empirical data so as to a...
This PhD deals with the semantics of two major parts of the Bantu verbal system, namely derivation a...
Abstract: This article discusses (verbal) relative clauses in the Bantu languages spoken in South Af...
Abstract In recent years, our understanding of how tense systems vary across languages has been grea...
This article discusses (verbal) relative clauses in the Bantu languages spoken in South Africa. The ...
The focus of this chapter is the appearance of tense in Proto-Bantu (PB). Most Niger-Congo (NC) lang...
All of the papers in the volume except one (Kaji) take up some aspect of relative clause constructio...
This dissertation aims to characterize the relationship between the temporal and information-structu...
Terminology for identifying and describing what counts as a linguistic feature is identified as a pr...
This paper presents some key findings of studies of actionality and the verbal grammar–lexicon inter...
The aim of this study is to devote attention to tense and time as verbal categories in Northern Sot...
In this article we examine variation in the expression of tense and aspect (TA) in 23 modern and two...
Most prominent linguists who have studied tense accept that a distinction has to be drawn between tw...
Scholars have used terminology such as 'tenses of the participial', 'compound tenses' and 'continuou...
This dissertation describes and compares the tense-aspect systems found in three southeastern Bantu ...
The methodology of this article involved an examination of theoretical and empirical data so as to a...
This PhD deals with the semantics of two major parts of the Bantu verbal system, namely derivation a...
Abstract: This article discusses (verbal) relative clauses in the Bantu languages spoken in South Af...
Abstract In recent years, our understanding of how tense systems vary across languages has been grea...
This article discusses (verbal) relative clauses in the Bantu languages spoken in South Africa. The ...
The focus of this chapter is the appearance of tense in Proto-Bantu (PB). Most Niger-Congo (NC) lang...
All of the papers in the volume except one (Kaji) take up some aspect of relative clause constructio...
This dissertation aims to characterize the relationship between the temporal and information-structu...
Terminology for identifying and describing what counts as a linguistic feature is identified as a pr...
This paper presents some key findings of studies of actionality and the verbal grammar–lexicon inter...
The aim of this study is to devote attention to tense and time as verbal categories in Northern Sot...
In this article we examine variation in the expression of tense and aspect (TA) in 23 modern and two...