Middle voice in Bantu: in- and detransitivizing morphology in Kagulu-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Middle voice in Bantu: in- and detransitivizing morphology in Kagulu

Published:2023-07-01 Issue:2 Volume:76 Page:195-216
ISSN:1867-8319
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Author:

Dom Sebastian¹,Bar-el Leora²,Kanijo Ponsiano Sawaka³,Petzell Malin¹

Affiliation:

1. Department of Languages and Literatures , Gothenburg University , Gothenburg , Sweden

2. College of Humanities and Sciences , University of Montana , Missoula , MT , USA

3. Department of Languages and Literature , Mkwawa University College of Education , Iringa , Tanzania

Abstract

AbstractThis paper explores the middle voice in Kagulu, a Bantu language of Tanzania. Although not traditionally recognized in Bantu languages, recent research has asserted that middle voice is attested in some Bantu languages. We propose that of eight affixes that might be considered middle markers, Kagulu has two affixes that are part of the middle voice system, each one coding two different detransitivizing voices. We argue that, from a diachronic viewpoint, the underdeveloped voice syncretism of Kagulu’s middle markers is the result of competing morphology and minimal functional innovations towards voice syncretism in the derivational system of Kagulu.

Funder

Swedish Research Council

Publisher

Walter de Gruyter GmbH

Subject

Linguistics and Language,Language and Linguistics

Link

https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/stuf-2023-2008/pdf

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