The Verb in Nyakyusa : A focus on tense, aspect, and modality

Persohn, Bastian

doi:10.5281/zenodo.926408

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Persohn, Bastian

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English

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Abstract

Nyakyusa is an underdescribed Bantu language spoken by around 800.000 speakers in the Mbeya Region of Tanzania. This book provides a detailled description of the verb in this language. The topics covered include the complex morphophonological and morphological processes as well as verb-to-verb derivation, copula verbs and grammaticalized verbs of motion. The main body of the book consists of a detailed description of tense, aspect and modality constructions, which includes not only an in-depth discussion of their sentence level semantics, but also of their patterns of employment in discourse.

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https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/36299

Keywords

mbeya region; verb; tanzania; modality; aspect; tense; bantu languages; Aguna language; Clitic; Nyakyusa language; Past tense; Perfective aspect; Simple present; Subject (grammar); Subjunctive mood; thema EDItEUR::C Language and Linguistics::CF Linguistics