A morphosyntactic and semantic analysis of toponyms among the Luhya: A case of Bungoma County

Mandillah, Lucy

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“…In example 19 above, mwana ũcio-rĩ, anyitĩte gĩkombe-rĩ, nĩakũngũĩire ũhotani ũcio (that child, holding the trophy, celebrated that victory), the domain is mwana ũcio (that child), which is echoed by prefix a-the concordial class marker, in the verb anyitĩte (holding). Prefixes have been found to be a significant feature in morphosyntax of Luhyia, also a Kenyan Bantu language, in changing common nouns into names of places (Mandillah, 2022). The elaboration strategies identified in hypotactic Gĩkũyũ clause complexes are summarised in Table 3 below:…”

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“…The language is predominantly spoken in the central region of the country but has spread to other areas (Gichohi & Subiyanto, 2022). Mandillah (2022) stresses the importance of studying native languages, noting that, for instance, they unite the native speakers and also bear the values of the speakers. Based on Halliday and Matthiessen (2014) Functional Grammar Theory, this article sought to examine clause complexing in Gĩkũyũ, specifically focusing on how the joined clauses are related.…”

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Making it clearer: Elaboration strategies in Gĩkũyũ, a Bantu language

Wakarindi¹,

Mwangi²,

Njoroge³

2022

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Typically, spontaneous language comprises sequences of logically joined clauses. Studies have revealed that such structures contribute to fluency in speech or writing as they reduce the use of simple structures. Simple structures have been found to make texts more disjointed. The combined clauses, which Systemic Functional linguistics calls clause complexes, are fundamentally held together by two forms of logico-semantic relations: expansion and projection. These relations are achieved through different strategies, among them conjunctive resources. An individual’s knowledge of conjunctive patterns of a language, and logico-semantic relations by extension, influences one’s selection of conjunctive resources. This article aims at exploring the logico-semantic relation of elaboration, a mode of expansion, in Gĩkũyũ clause complexes. Its data, Gĩkũyũ clause complexes, were purposively sampled majorly from spoken and written sources. The findings reveal different categories of paratactic and hypotactic elaboration in Gĩkũyũ. The different categories were found to employ varied elaboration strategies such as overt conjunctive expressions that mark certain relations, acting as linkers and binders in the clause complexes. The strategies are significant in promoting communicative competence as they have previously been noted to contribute to cohesion in Gĩkũyũ texts.

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Making it clearer: Elaboration strategies in Gĩkũyũ, a Bantu language

Wakarindi¹,

Mwangi²,

Njoroge³

2022

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“…It is intended so that people can acquire necessary information regarding the areas they visit so that immigrant communities can know an area's history, traditions, customs, rules, and geography. (Sari, 2022;Triana et al, 2022;Kumala et al, 2022;Halfian et al, 2022, & Nugraha, 2023 Using a different approach, Mandillah (2022) accepts that the name of an area is affiliated with the morphosyntactic structure of a language, so Mandillah researched named areas in the West Kenya region, Bungoma County. It was revealed that their toponyms were assembled based on history, topographical features, and climatic conditions.…”

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An Ethnosemantic Study of Palu Toponym and Its Association with Natural Hazards

Syamsuddin

Putra

Wulansari

2023

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<p><em>This research investigates how the naming of locations in Palu, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia describes the geographical and social conditions in the local area. After the earthquake and tsunami on September 28 2018, in Palu, considerable geographical studies have desired to discover the causality of this catastrophic natural phenomenon. Nevertheless, behind it all, the Kaili tribe, an indigenous tribe on the mainland of Central Sulawesi, believes that several areas in Palu are unfit for habitation because of the history of natural events that have occurred. They sketch this information using toponymy that modern society has often ignored. Moreover, acculturation and globalization have made people overlook local culture and history. The present study operated a different perspective to reveal that the toponymic naming in the Palu area. Those toponyms are derived from the Kaili language reflecting geographical conditions, history and vegetation. The researcher discovered that based on ethnolinguistic fact, several zones were the hotspots of the worst earthquakes and liquefactions and reflected in several toponyms that today's society has forgotten. Using ethnosemantics tracing, historical, and geographical observation and involving cultural and indigenous figures, the researcher answered this phenomenon based on evidence. The implications and results of the findings of this study will be discussed further in the discussion section.</em></p>

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“…The results reveal that most PNs are descriptive of where they belong in whole or part. Anindo (2016) and Mandillah (2022) studied PNs in Kenya. Anindo (2016) studied the meanings and morphology of Lulogooli PNs.…”

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“…The study also indicates that Lulogooli PNs, generally, have referential meanings and are derived from prominent persons, unique deaths, water sources, pioneers or clans, local insects, plants or trees, local terrain, and description of characteristics of a place. Mandillah (2022) examined the morphosyntax and semantics of Luhya PNs through a structural and functional approach. The results show that Luhya PNs are formed via grammatical rules that emanate from word transformations.…”

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A morphological analysis of Sukuma place names: A case of primary school names in Shinyanga, Tanzania

Shigini

2023

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Place names are vital language forms as they are entrenched with data about their ethnic origins. They are crucial linguistic, historical, geographical, and socio-cultural data sources. A growing body of evidence suggests that place names have been studied mainly from a semantic standpoint. Studies focusing on the morphological analysis of place names are limited. This denies onomasticians access to knowledge regarding the structures and processes forming place names in many languages. This paper examines the morphological aspects of Sukuma place names, mainly names of primary schools in Shinyanga Rural District, Shinyanga Region, Tanzania, to uncover their underlying structural patterns and the word-formation processes. The data for this study were 125 names of primary schools found in the Shinyanga Rural District, collected through the documentary review method. The collected names were subjected to morphological analysis by decomposing them into constituent morphemes to establish their structures and word formation processes. The findings indicate that Sukuma place names minimally consist of a noun or verb stem, though most are composed of a prefix and a noun or verb stem. The study further establishes that Sukuma speakers use inflection, derivation, and compounding strategies to form place names. The results of this study support the view that names, like other words in a language, have elaborate linguistic structures that can be analysed morphologically. It is concluded that the structure of place names is as significant as the motivational factors for place naming in determining or contributing to the meaning of a place name.

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A morphosyntactic and semantic analysis of toponyms among the Luhya: A case of Bungoma County

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Making it clearer: Elaboration strategies in Gĩkũyũ, a Bantu language

Making it clearer: Elaboration strategies in Gĩkũyũ, a Bantu language

An Ethnosemantic Study of Palu Toponym and Its Association with Natural Hazards

A morphological analysis of Sukuma place names: A case of primary school names in Shinyanga, Tanzania

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