Encoding the plural-honorific suffix -ani and the imperfective anga in Malawian CiTonga (N.15)

Many Bantu languages have the plural-honorific suffix *-Vni and the imperfective morpheme *-a(n)g-. In most of these languages, *-Vni is reported to be clearly encoded at POST-FINAL position. On the other hand, *-a(n)g- is said to be ambiguously encoded, either at EXT (extension) in one language or...

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Autor principal:	Winfred Mkochi
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Publicado:	LibraryPress@UF 2019
Materias:	Bantu Malawian Tonga verb structure plural-honorific suffix *-Vni imperfective Philology. Linguistics P1-1091
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:eec9d1b9c4ce42f08538f5eceecadc6c2021-11-19T03:51:53ZEncoding the plural-honorific suffix -ani and the imperfective anga in Malawian CiTonga (N.15)10.32473/sal.v48i2.1180430039-35332154-428Xhttps://doaj.org/article/eec9d1b9c4ce42f08538f5eceecadc6c2019-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://journals.flvc.org/sal/article/view/118043https://doaj.org/toc/0039-3533https://doaj.org/toc/2154-428X Many Bantu languages have the plural-honorific suffix -Vni and the imperfective morpheme -a(n)g-. In most of these languages, -Vni is reported to be clearly encoded at POST-FINAL position. On the other hand, -a(n)g- is said to be ambiguously encoded, either at EXT (extension) in one language or FV (final vowel) in another language. Still in others it coexists at both EXT and FV; there has also been a suggestion that it is encoded at POST-FINAL in several others. This article argues that the status of both the plural-honorific suffix -ani (-Vni) and the imperfective -anga (-a(n)g)- in CiTonga is fluid, it prevaricates between EXTENSION (suffix), FV (the commonest), and POST-FINAL (clitic). Although these formatives can be encoded at these positions, they are shown to be functionally different from extensions, inflectional vowel suffixes and clitics Winfred MkochiLibraryPress@UFarticleBantuMalawian Tongaverb structureplural-honorific suffix*-VniimperfectivePhilology. LinguisticsP1-1091ENFRStudies in African Linguistics, Vol 48, Iss 2 (2019)
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topic	Bantu Malawian Tonga verb structure plural-honorific suffix *-Vni imperfective Philology. Linguistics P1-1091
spellingShingle	Bantu Malawian Tonga verb structure plural-honorific suffix *-Vni imperfective Philology. Linguistics P1-1091 Winfred Mkochi Encoding the plural-honorific suffix -ani and the imperfective anga in Malawian CiTonga (N.15)
description	Many Bantu languages have the plural-honorific suffix -Vni and the imperfective morpheme -a(n)g-. In most of these languages, -Vni is reported to be clearly encoded at POST-FINAL position. On the other hand, -a(n)g- is said to be ambiguously encoded, either at EXT (extension) in one language or FV (final vowel) in another language. Still in others it coexists at both EXT and FV; there has also been a suggestion that it is encoded at POST-FINAL in several others. This article argues that the status of both the plural-honorific suffix -ani (-Vni) and the imperfective -anga (-a(n)g)- in CiTonga is fluid, it prevaricates between EXTENSION (suffix), FV (the commonest), and POST-FINAL (clitic). Although these formatives can be encoded at these positions, they are shown to be functionally different from extensions, inflectional vowel suffixes and clitics
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title	Encoding the plural-honorific suffix -ani and the imperfective anga in Malawian CiTonga (N.15)
title_short	Encoding the plural-honorific suffix -ani and the imperfective anga in Malawian CiTonga (N.15)
title_full	Encoding the plural-honorific suffix -ani and the imperfective anga in Malawian CiTonga (N.15)
title_fullStr	Encoding the plural-honorific suffix -ani and the imperfective anga in Malawian CiTonga (N.15)
title_full_unstemmed	Encoding the plural-honorific suffix -ani and the imperfective anga in Malawian CiTonga (N.15)
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Encoding the plural-honorific suffix -ani and the imperfective anga in Malawian CiTonga (N.15)

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