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Periodical article | Leiden University catalogue | WorldCat |
Title: | Remarks on Some Syntactic Noun Features in Shona |
Author: | Dembetembe, N.C. |
Year: | 1981 |
Periodical: | Zambezia |
Volume: | 9 |
Issue: | 2 |
Pages: | 103-117 |
Language: | English |
Geographic term: | Zimbabwe |
Subjects: | Shona language Peoples of Africa (Ethnic Groups) |
External link: | https://journals.co.za/doi/abs/10.10520/AJA03790622_635 |
Abstract: | In this study the author has tried to show the noun features which are syntactically significant in Shona. These are: gender, common/noncommon, count/non-count, human/non-human, locative/non-locative, abstract/non-abstract, and temporal/non-temporal. These features will influence the syntax of sentences in Shona in one way or another. It may be concordial agreement, use with secondary prefixes, or with a certain type of adjective, or the choice of formatives with certain types of sentences. All this information should be accounted for in any grammar of Shona which purports to be descriptively adequate. - Notes. |