This paper introduces a new complementizer agreement relation to the theoretical literature
from Lubukusu (Bantu, Kenya), in which a declarative-embedding complementizer agrees in …

This dissertation examines three topics in the morphosyntax of Lubukusu (Bantu, Kenya), all
of which are concerned with agreement with subjects: locative inversion, complementizer …

This paper describes the process of studying the notoriously complex verbal tone systems of
Bantu languages through the systematic elicitation of paradigmatic data. The main thrust of …

Abstract Object markers (OMs) in Bantu languages have long been argued to be either
incorporated pronouns or agreement morphemes, distinguished mainly by their ability (or …

Bantu languages commonly signal tense, aspect, mood, polarity, and clause-type
distinctions with tonal as well as segmental cues. The inflectional tonal melodies on verbs …

Object Clitics in a Bantu language: Deriving Pronominal Incorporation in Lubukusu* Michael
Diercks & Justine Sikuku Pomona C Page 1 Object Clitics in a Bantu language: Deriving …

In a variety of syntactic contexts involving locative phrases in Lubukusu (Bantu), a locative
agreement marker appears suffixed to the verb, illustrated by the postverbal–mo in (1).(1) …

This paper presents the results of a comparative study of the Luyia cluster of Bantu
languages spoken in western Kenya and eastern Uganda. We propose a new classification …

Nyala-West (Bantu, Kenya) marks tense-aspect-mood-polarity and clause-type distinctions
in verbs with grammatical H tones, called “melodic Hs”. Nyala-West has six basic tonal …

Object marker (OM) doubling (ie clitic doubling) in Lubukusu has previously been argued to
necessarily generate a verum (focus) reading of the clause. We argue for a new empirical …