The Verb in Nyakyusa

The Verb in Nyakyusa
Author :
Publisher : Language Science Press
Total Pages : 405
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9783961102945
ISBN-13 : 3961102945
Rating : 4/5 (945 Downloads)

Book Synopsis The Verb in Nyakyusa by : Bastian Persohn

Download or read book The Verb in Nyakyusa written by Bastian Persohn and published by Language Science Press. This book was released on with total page 405 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nyakyusa is an underdescribed Bantu language spoken by around 800.000 speakers in the Mbeya Region of Tanzania. This book provides a detailled description of the verb in this language. The topics covered include the complex morphophonological and morphological processes as well as verb-to-verb derivation, copula verbs and grammaticalized verbs of motion. The main body of the book consists of a detailed description of tense, aspect and modality constructions, which includes not only an in-depth discussion of their sentence level semantics, but also of their patterns of employment in discourse.


The Verb in Nyakyusa Related Books

The Verb in Nyakyusa
Language: en
Pages: 405
Authors: Bastian Persohn
Categories: Foreign Language Study
Type: BOOK - Published: - Publisher: Language Science Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Nyakyusa is an underdescribed Bantu language spoken by around 800.000 speakers in the Mbeya Region of Tanzania. This book provides a detailled description of th
Associated Motion
Language: en
Pages: 702
Authors: Antoine Guillaume
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 2021-03-08 - Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

This volume is the first book-length presentation of the grammatical category of Associated Motion. It provides a framework for understanding a grammatical phen
Morphosyntactic Variation in Bantu
Language: en
Pages: 465
Authors: Eva-Marie Bloom Ström
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 2024-11-05 - Publisher: Oxford University Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

This volume explores the rich and complex pattern of morphosyntactic variation in the Bantu languages, providing a comprehensive overview of the wealth of empir
A grammar of Fwe
Language: en
Pages: 532
Authors: Hilde Gunnink
Categories: Foreign Language Study
Type: BOOK - Published: 2022-07-06 - Publisher: Language Science Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

This book provides a first-ever comprehensive overview of the grammatical structure of Fwe. Fwe is a Bantu language spoken on the border between Zambia and Nami
Pushing the boundaries
Language: en
Pages: 438
Authors: James Essegbey
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 2024-11-07 - Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

This volume contains some of the papers there were presented at ACAL 51-52, which was organized virtually at the University of Florida. A couple were accepted f