Gibson, H and Guérois, R and Marten, L (2017) Patterns and developments in the marking of diminutives in Bantu. Nordic Journal of African Studies, 26 (4). pp. 344-383.
Gibson, H and Guérois, R and Marten, L (2017) Patterns and developments in the marking of diminutives in Bantu. Nordic Journal of African Studies, 26 (4). pp. 344-383.
Gibson, H and Guérois, R and Marten, L (2017) Patterns and developments in the marking of diminutives in Bantu. Nordic Journal of African Studies, 26 (4). pp. 344-383.
Abstract
This paper presents an overview of diminutives in the Bantu language family, with an emphasis on the role of the noun class system in diminutive formation. It charts different processes of language change which have shaped the present-day situation, as well as highlighting instance in which language contact has played a role in the development of diminutive systems. It also addresses semantic and pragmatic processes underlying the change and variation in Bantu diminutives. The comparison is based on a cross-Bantu typology, examining a sample of 48 languages widespread across the linguistic domain.
Item Type: | Article |
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Uncontrolled Keywords: | Bantu languages; diminutives; morphology; nominal classification; language change |
Subjects: | P Language and Literature > P Philology. Linguistics |
Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences Faculty of Social Sciences > Language and Linguistics, Department of |
SWORD Depositor: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Depositing User: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Date Deposited: | 01 Mar 2018 17:18 |
Last Modified: | 06 Jan 2022 13:47 |
URI: | http://repository.essex.ac.uk/id/eprint/21331 |
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