Abstract
This chapter discusses some morphological idiosyncrasies that involve the four Bantu verbal suffixes. The terms passivization and applicativization are used in the chapter to refer to abstract morphological processes that can be applied to basic verb roots. These can create derived verb stems that show the syntax and semantics that are associated with those terms. Background information on the Bantu verb stem is provided in the second section, while the third section features a simpler morphological irregularity found in the verb stem. The chapter also discusses morphological mismatches in the verb stem and various classes of deponent verb stems.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Title of host publication | Deponency and Morphological Mismatches |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9780191734380 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9780197264102 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jan 31 2012 |
Keywords
- Abstract morphological processes
- Applicativization
- Bantu verb stems
- Bantu verbal suffixes
- Basic verb roots
- Deponent verb stems
- Morphological idiosyncrasies
- Morphological irregularity
- Morphological mismatches
- Passivization
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