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Object marking in isiZulu.

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2012

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Southern African Applied Linguistics Association & The Linguistics Society of Southern Africa.

Abstract

I examine object marking in the Nguni language isiZulu, focusing specifically on those properties that are subject to micro-parametric variation within the Bantu family. This includes the occurrence of object markers in object relative clauses and in double object constructions, and the correlation between object marking and dislocation. I also address the extent to which my findings support either a pronoun- or an object agreement-analysis of object markers. My results provide support for the idea that object markers in isiZulu are in the process of changing from pronominal clitics into agreement markers.

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This is the unreviewed manuscript of an article originally submitted to Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies and whose final and definitive form has been published in Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies 2012, 30 (2): 219-235. © 2008 copyright NISC (Pty) Ltd. Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies is available online at: http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/rall20

Keywords

Zulu language--Morphology., Zulu language--Syntax.

Citation

Zeller, J. 2012. Object marking in isiZulu. Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies, 30(2) pp. 219-235.

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