Noun Classes and Plurality in Bantu Languages

Marten, Lutz

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“…The Lutsotso noun class system, like any other Bantu language (Basweti 2005), is based on a semantic requirement in the sense that classification is inspired by what the items(s)/object(s) are in the natural world. Noun classes are often analysed as a form of nominal classification system and seen as belonging to the same domain as grammatical gender systems (Marten, 2021)…”

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Noun Classes and Agreement in Lutsotso

Odera

Osore

2023

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One of the most noticeable grammatical features of Bantu languages, is the presence of noun classes. Although each noun (or noun stem) in the majority of Bantu languages is classified into one of 15–18 noun classes, Lutsotso language captures 21 classes. While it is frequently hard to distinguish between noun classes semantically, basic meanings or semantic trends of subsets of members may frequently be identified. Lutsotso nouns consist of a noun prefix and a root. The two elements of the Lutsotso nominal are crucial because the prefix, for example, denotes the class. Complex agreement morphology in the noun phrase and the sentence is controlled by class membership, which is indicated morphologically on the noun by a class prefix. As such, the prefix functions as a classifier. Agreement is a type of syntactic connection in which a word's or phrase's inflectional behaviour is dictated by the features of a nominal element to which it is closely connected. Number, person, case, and gender are examples of agreement markers. The class to which the head noun belongs must be reflected throughout the phrase in Bantu languages. This is accomplished through the use of concordial prefixes, which have distinct forms for the parts of speech to which they are attached. There is no discrete number morphology in Bantu languages, but the noun class system mediates number; numerous noun classes are paired according to number, forming singular-plural pairs. The Noun (N) component element of the simple sentence exists as a complex Noun phrase (NP) with nominal qualities indicated by affixes. Accordingly, concord prefixes control and impact the words connected with them in the Lutsotso noun phrase. The study discovered that concord prefixes sustain the grammatical relationship between the head noun and the rest of the noun phrase.

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“…The noun classes of Lutsotso are presented in table 1. The standard comparative enumeration(Marten, 2021) was used in class designation.…”

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2023

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“…En este límite alto, donde el valor máximo serían cuatro clasificadores nominales, añadir el género inclusivo en -e subiría la nómina de clasificadores hasta cinco. Esto está muy por debajo de la cantidad de clasificadores nominales que se documentan tipológicamente (Corbett 2013); el fula de Nigeria tiene veinte géneros, mientras que un hablante de chino mandarín maneja no menos de cincuenta clasificadores de uso frecuente, en las lenguas bantú son frecuentes los elencos de clases nominales que pasan de la docena (Marten 2021). Desde la perspectiva tipológica, si el género inclusivo implica añadir un quinto clasificador, el español todavía tendría mucho margen para añadir más valores de género hasta llegar a la cantidad que se documenta en estas lenguas.…”

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género inclusivo

Fábregas

2022

Cuadernos de Investigación Filológica

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En los últimos años se ha visto emerger un nuevo marcador de género en español al que se identifica como género inclusivo, lo cual da lugar a sustantivos con tres formas de género –niño, niña, niñe–. El objetivo de este trabajo es alejar esta cuestión de consideraciones políticas o sociales y examinar los rasgos gramaticales internos que tiene esta nueva forma, como una vía para encuadrar cualquier debate social sobre el fenómeno, que consideramos que debe ser posterior a un análisis de sus condiciones lingüísticas internas. Los resultados muestran que, frente a algunas críticas que se han hecho, el género inclusivo no implica una ruptura con las reglas del español y debe ser considerado un fenómeno de variación que posee reglas estrictas que se interiorizan en la gramática de los hablantes.

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Suffix Order Restrictions in Bantu

Gibson,

Kula,

Marten

et al. 2023

The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Morphology

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Bantu languages typically have a rich and complex verb structure, where a range of derivational suffixes can be distinguished. Focusing on the interaction of applicative, causative, reciprocal and passive suffixes, different theoretical and analytical models have been used to explain the order of these suffixes. Work over the past 40 years has shown that the phonological shape of the suffixes, a morphological template determining suffix ordering, semantic scope and syntactic derivation all play a role in understanding suffix order in Bantu. In addition, research in this area has shown rich variation between different Bantu languages, including specific developments and restrictions on morphological processes and the interaction of derivational and inflectional suffixes. The area of suffix order restrictions has become a central topic in Bantu linguistics and in studies of the interaction between phonology, morphology, syntax and semantics more broadly.

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Noun Classes and Plurality in Bantu Languages

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