{"title":"Noun Classes and Agreement in Dawida","authors":"Nadezhda Makeeva, I. Ryabova","doi":"10.1080/10228195.2022.2069846","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Abstract This article presents an overview of the Dawida noun class system, which consists of 15 classes and 4 subclasses. Each of the 15 main classes is a set of nouns that take the same nominal prefix and have common agreement paradigms. Subclasses trigger the same agreement as the main classes they refer to, but have different nominal prefixes. The opposition between singularity and plurality in Dawida only occurs in the system of noun classes. Among 11 attested class correlations between singular and plural nouns, 9 correlations are the most widespread Bantu number pairings or so-called genders. From a syntactic point of view, two types of agreement exist in the language: (a) agreement of modifiers with the head noun of the noun phrase, and (b) agreement of verb forms with the subject/object noun phrase. Morphologically, the noun prefixes and 5 series of dependent prefixes are distinguished.","PeriodicalId":43882,"journal":{"name":"Language Matters","volume":"53 1","pages":"37 - 67"},"PeriodicalIF":0.5000,"publicationDate":"2022-05-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Language Matters","FirstCategoryId":"98","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10228195.2022.2069846","RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"0","JCRName":"LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract This article presents an overview of the Dawida noun class system, which consists of 15 classes and 4 subclasses. Each of the 15 main classes is a set of nouns that take the same nominal prefix and have common agreement paradigms. Subclasses trigger the same agreement as the main classes they refer to, but have different nominal prefixes. The opposition between singularity and plurality in Dawida only occurs in the system of noun classes. Among 11 attested class correlations between singular and plural nouns, 9 correlations are the most widespread Bantu number pairings or so-called genders. From a syntactic point of view, two types of agreement exist in the language: (a) agreement of modifiers with the head noun of the noun phrase, and (b) agreement of verb forms with the subject/object noun phrase. Morphologically, the noun prefixes and 5 series of dependent prefixes are distinguished.
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The purpose of Language Matters is to provide a journal of international standing with a unique African flavour focusing on multilingualism in Africa. Although the journal contributes to the language debate on all African languages, sub-Saharan Africa and issues related to multilingualism in the southern African context are the journal’s specific domains. The journal seeks to promote the dissemination of ideas, points of view, teaching strategies and research on different aspects of African languages, providing a forum for discussion on the whole spectrum of language usage and debate in Africa. The journal endorses a multidisciplinary approach to the study of language and welcomes contributions not only from sociolinguists, psycholinguists and the like, but also from educationalists, language practitioners, computer analysts, engineers or scholars with a genuine interest in and contribution to the study of language. All contributions are critically reviewed by at least two referees. Although the general focus remains on multilingualism and related issues, one of the three issues of Language Matters published each year is a special thematic edition on Language Politics in Africa. These special issues embrace a wide spectrum of language matters of current relevance in Southern Africa.
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