The Finite Connectivity of Linguistic Structure

this paper, SUBJ stands for subject marker, OBJ stands for object marker, TOP stands for topic marker, IND for indicative, PROG for progressive, FUT for future, NEG for negative, CMP for complementizer, S for singular, PL for plural, DAT for dative, ACC for accusative, ERG for ergative, INS for instrumental, BEN for benefactive, GEN for genitive, LOC for locative, DEL for delimitative, DUR for durative, and EMP for emphatic elements. Examples (4) and (5) are essentially those of Comrie (1976, p287), with minor changes for the dialect of my consultant, Deogratias Ngonyani. The inability to iterate the Swahili causative which I observe in (6) is also noted in other Bantu dialects by Giv'on (1976, pp337-339) and Abasheikh (1978, p133)