Categorizing adpositions in Kîîtharaka

In this paper, I discuss the categorial status of Kîîtharaka adpositions. I demonstrate that there are two main classes of adpositions(to be referred to as Class A and Class B). Class A adpositions are syntactic heads and they belong to the functional lexical category P. Class B adpositions are a ph...

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Published in:Nordlyd: Tromsø University Working Papers on Language & Linguistics
Main Author: Peter Muriungi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Septentrio Academic Publishing 2007-01-01
Subjects:
phrasal adposition
conflation
postsyntactic insertion
Kïïtharaka
Kitharaka
Bantu
Online Access:https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/nordlyd/article/view/76
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Summary:In this paper, I discuss the categorial status of Kîîtharaka adpositions. I demonstrate that there are two main classes of adpositions(to be referred to as Class A and Class B). Class A adpositions are syntactic heads and they belong to the functional lexical category P. Class B adpositions are a phrasal P category with a nominal component. They therefore spell out a complex structure than adpositional heads do. This bipartation of Kîîtharaka Ps is based on (i) optionality of complements (ii) case assignment (iii) modification (iv) recoverability of content (v) movement and (vi) derivational morphology.
ISSN:1503-8599

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