The Verb in Nyakyusa (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781013289729)

Nyakyusa is an underdescribed Bantu language spoken by around 800.000 speakers in the Mbeya Region of Tanzania. This book provides a detailled description of the verb in this language. The topics covered include the complex morphophonological and morphological processes as well as verb-to-verb derivation, copula verbs and grammaticalized verbs of motion. The main body of the book consists of a detailed description of tense, aspect and modality constructions, which includes not only an in-depth discussion of their sentence level semantics, but also of their patterns of employment in discourse.

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Author: Bastian Persohn
ISBN-10: 1013289722
ISBN-13: 9781013289729
Publisher: Saint Philip Street Press
Language: English
Published: 10/09/2020
Pages: 400
Format: Paperback
Weight: 2.03lbs
Size: 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.82d