Modal expressions in Xhosa, part I: Necessity

TM Crane, S Savić, O Slater… - Africana …, 2024 - poj.peeters-leuven.be
This study reports on an investigation of modal expressions of necessity in Xhosa, a Bantu
language of South Africa. Combining analysis of occurrences in a small corpus and the …

Towards a monitor corpus for a Bantu language: a case study of neology detection in Lusoga

GM De Schryver, M Nabirye - 20th EURALEX International …, 2022 - biblio.ugent.be
This paper looks at whether, after two decades of corpus building for the Bantu languages,
the time is ripe to begin using monitor corpora. As a proof-of-concept, the usefulness of a …

[PDF][PDF] Lazima in Swahili and Beyond: Accounting for the Double Transfer of a Strong Necessity Marker in East Africa

R Bernander - 2024 - researchgate.net
In this study I explore the transfer and further adaptation of Arabic lazima, first into Swahili
and its many varieties and then from Swahili into several local language varieties spoken in …

[PDF][PDF] TOWARDS A MONITOR CORPUS FOR A BANTU LANGUAGE

GM de Schryver, M Nabirye - Dictionaries …, 2022 - nottingham-repository.worktribe.com