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Autor:
Deo Ngonyani
Publikováno v:
Studies in African Linguistics, Vol 46, Iss 1 & 2 (2017)
Ndendeule, a Bantu language spoken in southern Tanzania, has six conditional constructions identified by conditional markers. Construction I is marked by the subordinating conjunction anda ‘if,’ while Construction II is characterized by the condi
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https://doaj.org/article/b416ec4ab73540f1b8103ecc443045e3
Autor:
Deo Ngonyani
Publikováno v:
Studies in African Linguistics, Vol 30, Iss 1 (2001)
The author presents evidence from Kiswahili supporting a head-raising analysis recently proposed in Kayne (1994) and Bianchi (1999), in which the relative clause is generated as a complement of the determiner. Three kinds of evidence are presented: (
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https://doaj.org/article/a009383895974acc9e4d68c9be8fa23d
Autor:
Deo Ngonyani
Publikováno v:
Nordic Journal of African Studies, Vol 9, Iss 2 (2000)
It is widely recognized that news, like other forms of discourse, is not a neutral representation of facts (van Dikj 1988, 1992, 1995; Fairclough 1995a, 1995b; Fowler 1987; McLeod and Hertog 1992; Downing 1990). Writers, editors, and presenters of ne
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https://doaj.org/article/97e75944c7744410a27a0c5e6b1730ef
Autor:
Deo Ngonyani
Publikováno v:
Studies in African Linguistics, Vol 27, Iss 1 (1998)
This paper examines objects which are licensed by the applicative affix in the Bantu languages of Kindendeule and Kiswahili. The data show that all verbs can take the applicative suffix deriving transitive verbs from intransitive verbs, and ditransit
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https://doaj.org/article/bee732375c694122b7353d49039d4ace
Autor:
Deo Ngonyani, Nancy Jumwa Ngowa
Publikováno v:
Studia Orientalia Electronica, Vol 8, Iss 3, Pp 99-118 (2020)
Studia Orientalia Electronica
Studia Orientalia Electronica
This paper presents a study of the Subjunctive in the Bantu languages of Giryama in Kenya (E72a) and Nyanja in Tanzania (N201), and explores its distribution in the two languages. As in other Bantu languages, the Subjunctive is a morphological featur
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https://journal.fi/store/article/view/69768
https://journal.fi/store/article/view/69768
This paper is a study of Proto-Bantu reflexes in Dhaisu, a highly endangered lan- guage also known as Dhaiso, Segeju, Daisu and Kidhaisu (dhs, E56). Dhaisu is spo- ken in the East Usambara Mountains in northeastern Tanzania, but its closest rel- ativ
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https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::52cbc87dd268c62e685ae7d3ace2b29c
Autor:
Deo Ngonyani
Publikováno v:
South African Journal of African Languages. 33:1-10
Kiswahili riddles (vitendawili) are children's puzzles presented in the form of precedent statements, queries or propositions eliciting responses, solutions or sequent (Harries, 1971, 1976; Gowlett, 1979; Okpewho, 1992). This article examines the lin
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https://doi.org/10.2989/02572117.2013.793933
https://doi.org/10.2989/02572117.2013.793933
Autor:
Peter Githinji, Deo Ngonyani
Publikováno v:
Lingua. 116:31-63
Studies of the applicative constructions in various Bantu languages have revealed two types: symmetrical object languages in which both objects in double object applicatives exhibit the same syntactic properties, and asymmetrical object languages, wh
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lingua.2005.03.006
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lingua.2005.03.006
Autor:
Deo Ngonyani
Publikováno v:
Journal of African Cultural Studies. 14:125-136
This paper examines the use of names in the narratives of Swahili's literary giant, Shaaban Robert. It explores the symbolic nature of the carefully selected or invented names as well as the use of names as a discursive strategy. Focusing on his alle
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https://doi.org/10.1080/13696810120107087
https://doi.org/10.1080/13696810120107087
Autor:
Deo Ngonyani
Publikováno v:
South African Journal of African Languages. 21:244-258
Kiswahili in Tanzania is in conflict with vernacular African languages as well as with English. Data presented in this paper shows that there is a gradual shift to Kiswahili even in domains that were served by indigenous vernaculars. Some aspects of
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https://doi.org/10.1080/02572117.2001.10587474
https://doi.org/10.1080/02572117.2001.10587474