In this paper I argue that the syntax of Eastern Bantu does not make reference to the notion 'syntactic object'. That is, there is no linguistic category of objects that is the target of syntactic rules in Eastern Bantu languages. Instead I propose that syntactic rules broadly distinguish complements and adjuncts as well as category type of complement or adjunct. I argue that Bantu languages are typologically special in that (a) the verb complement structure can be expanded by the valency increasing applicative suffix; and (b) that the class of adjuncts can be expanded through verb concord licensing. Because of these properties, Bantu languages have a much-expanded notion of 'complement' and 'adjunct'. Namely, complements consist of (a) inh...
International audienceOne of the quintessential typological properties of the Bantu languages is the...
This paper describes the morphosyntactic and semantic characteristics of clausal object complementat...
Bantu languages express reciprocity and reflexivity by use of affixes. The question which this pape...
250 p.Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2006.This thesis is concerned with...
250 p.Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2006.This thesis is concerned with...
(accepted for publication), Zambezia: Journal of the University of Zimbabwe, Volume 32, Number 2,The...
This paper investigates the syntax–semantics interface within the domain of the realization of appli...
(accepted for publication), Zambezia: Journal of the University of Zimbabwe, Volume 32, Number 2,The...
This chapter examines apparent competing functions of applicatives, prepositions and locative-marked...
Bantu verbal forms are notoriously complex from a morphological point of view, in that they consist ...
Bantu verbal forms are notoriously complex from a morphological point of view, in that they consist ...
This paper presents original evidence for an additional merge location and se- mantic interpretation...
Bantu verbal forms are notoriously complex from a morphological point of view, in that they consist ...
Complementizers in some African languages have been analyzed as having derived from the verb ‘say ’ ...
International audienceOne of the quintessential typological properties of the Bantu languages is the...
International audienceOne of the quintessential typological properties of the Bantu languages is the...
This paper describes the morphosyntactic and semantic characteristics of clausal object complementat...
Bantu languages express reciprocity and reflexivity by use of affixes. The question which this pape...
250 p.Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2006.This thesis is concerned with...
250 p.Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2006.This thesis is concerned with...
(accepted for publication), Zambezia: Journal of the University of Zimbabwe, Volume 32, Number 2,The...
This paper investigates the syntax–semantics interface within the domain of the realization of appli...
(accepted for publication), Zambezia: Journal of the University of Zimbabwe, Volume 32, Number 2,The...
This chapter examines apparent competing functions of applicatives, prepositions and locative-marked...
Bantu verbal forms are notoriously complex from a morphological point of view, in that they consist ...
Bantu verbal forms are notoriously complex from a morphological point of view, in that they consist ...
This paper presents original evidence for an additional merge location and se- mantic interpretation...
Bantu verbal forms are notoriously complex from a morphological point of view, in that they consist ...
Complementizers in some African languages have been analyzed as having derived from the verb ‘say ’ ...
International audienceOne of the quintessential typological properties of the Bantu languages is the...
International audienceOne of the quintessential typological properties of the Bantu languages is the...
This paper describes the morphosyntactic and semantic characteristics of clausal object complementat...
Bantu languages express reciprocity and reflexivity by use of affixes. The question which this pape...