Morphosyntax of the verb in Lingala: A generative approach (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781291236170)

In this paper I have analysed the internal structure of the verb in Lingala which is a Bantu Language spoken in both Congo and Angola. Being an agglutinative language, Lingala verb unit is a concatenation of many elements glued to the verb root, including subject, tense and aspect, polarity, etc. As a contribution to morphological valence changing, I have developed the N-Tier Structure (NTS) theory. It is an "all-in-one" tree structure with distinct layers displaying syntactic, morphological, lexical and sometimes phonological information of sentences before and after the valence alteration.

Author: Rufin Batota-Mpeho
ISBN-10: 1291236171
ISBN-13: 9781291236170
Publisher: Lulu.com
Language: English
Published: 12/06/2012
Pages: 104
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.36lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.25d