A lexical treatment for stem markers in Swahili

In this paper I discuss the distribution of the so-called stem marker -ku- in Swahili, which is found with some, mostly monosyllabic verbs when used with certain tense morphemes. After introducing the data, I show that there are three potential analyses to explain the data, which I discuss in turn....

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Main Author: Marten, Lutz
Other Authors: University of London, School of Oriental and African Studies
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universitätsbibliothek Leipzig 2012
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Online Access:http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:15-qucosa-91398
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