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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.
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