Phonological allomorphy in Swahili on the form of inanimate pronominal clitics

Swahili has two forms of inanimate pronominal clitics. One, like the relative pronouns, typically ends with /o/ and the other, like the subject agreement affixes, are never /o/ final. According to the traditionalists, a semantic feature associated with /o/ differentiates two sets of clitics semantic...

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Published in:Studies in African Linguistics
Main Author: Camillia N. Barrett-Keach
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: LibraryPress@UF 1987-12-01
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Online Access:https://ojs.test.flvc.org/sal/article/view/107469