Indirect objects in Siswati

Contrary to the view that in Bantu languages the two unmarked nominals following the verb in ditransitive constructions need not be distinguished because both possess the same object properties, this paper shows the necessity of making a distinction between the direct object and the indirect object...

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Autor principal:	Videa P. De Guzman
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Lenguaje:	EN FR
Publicado:	LibraryPress@UF 1987
Materias:	Bantu ditransitives Siswati Relational Grammar object agreement objects Philology. Linguistics P1-1091
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:bbc099570956469784cf27f9fd95f5872021-11-19T03:54:57ZIndirect objects in Siswati10.32473/sal.v18i3.1074700039-35332154-428Xhttps://doaj.org/article/bbc099570956469784cf27f9fd95f5871987-12-01T00:00:00Zhttps://journals.flvc.org/sal/article/view/107470https://doaj.org/toc/0039-3533https://doaj.org/toc/2154-428XContrary to the view that in Bantu languages the two unmarked nominals following the verb in ditransitive constructions need not be distinguished because both possess the same object properties, this paper shows the necessity of making a distinction between the direct object and the indirect object relations. Evidence comes from SiSwati, the language of Swaziland, and the analysis of the data is cast in the Relational Grammar framework. The arguments presented refer to word order, object concord (or pronominal copy) and the interaction between object concord and some syntactic phenomena such as passivization, topicalization, relativization, and clefting. By distinguishing the direct object from the indirect object in Siswati, the grammar is able to provide a more natural account for a number of related double object constructions.Videa P. De GuzmanLibraryPress@UFarticleBantuditransitivesSiswatiRelational Grammarobject agreementobjectsPhilology. LinguisticsP1-1091ENFRStudies in African Linguistics, Vol 18, Iss 3 (1987)
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topic	Bantu ditransitives Siswati Relational Grammar object agreement objects Philology. Linguistics P1-1091
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description	Contrary to the view that in Bantu languages the two unmarked nominals following the verb in ditransitive constructions need not be distinguished because both possess the same object properties, this paper shows the necessity of making a distinction between the direct object and the indirect object relations. Evidence comes from SiSwati, the language of Swaziland, and the analysis of the data is cast in the Relational Grammar framework. The arguments presented refer to word order, object concord (or pronominal copy) and the interaction between object concord and some syntactic phenomena such as passivization, topicalization, relativization, and clefting. By distinguishing the direct object from the indirect object in Siswati, the grammar is able to provide a more natural account for a number of related double object constructions.
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Indirect objects in Siswati

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