28.2111, Books: Verbal derivation and valency in Citumbuka: Chavula
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Date: Fri, 05 May 2017 17:04:31
From: Martine Paulissen [gw.uilots.lot at uu.nl]
Subject: Verbal derivation and valency in Citumbuka: Chavula
Title: Verbal derivation and valency in Citumbuka
Publication Year: 2016
Publisher: Netherlands Graduate School of Linguistics / Landelijke (LOT)
http://www.lotpublications.nl/
Book URL: http://www.lotpublications.nl/verbal-derivation-and-valency-in-citumbuka
Author: Jean Josephine Chavula
Paperback: ISBN: 9789460932052 Pages: 259 Price: U.K. £ 33.00
Abstract:
This book presents a comprehensive description and analysis of verbal
derivation in Citumbuka (N21), a Bantu language spoken in northern Malawi and
north eastern Zambia, with an estimated population of more than 2,000,000
speakers. The book consists of 10 chapters and is based on a corpus generated
by the Centre for Language Studies under the MaLEX Citumbuka dictionary
project supplemented by data from Citumbuka literature and consultations with
native speaker.
This work describes functions of common Citumbuka extension suffixes: passive,
reciprocal, applicative, causative. Verbal suffixes are typical of Bantu
languages, and basic information about the use of these extensions can be
found in most grammars of Bantu languages. The analysis of the more common
functions is a central topic of Bantu linguistics. What sets this thesis apart
is that both Bantuist and general typological literature has informed the
study of each suffix. An exceptionally wide range of semantic functions is
discussed for each of the suffixes. The passive/stative polysemy, the
reciprocal/anticausative/antipassive polysemy, diverse semantic functions of
applicatives such as substitutive beneficiaries, judger applicative, possessor
applicative and diverse semantic functions of causative suffixes such as
conversive, autobenefactive, associative causative, are carefully discussed.
Verbal derivation and valency in Citumbuka is a must read for anyone
interested in Bantu linguistics, linguistic typology, African linguistics and
general linguistics. It contains valuable information on the connection
between linguistic typology and Bantu linguistics and forms a basis for
comparative studies concerning verbal derivation in Bantu languages.
Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics
Typology
Subject Language(s): Tumbuka (tum)
Written In: English (eng)
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