Deverbal nominals in Kiswahili: Underspecification morphology and the lexicon

This study provides an explicit account of the lexical entries and rules required to generate five common types of Kiswahili nouns based on verbal roots and stems, as illustrated by the data below, all derived from -kata 'cut'. (UNFORMATTED TABLE OR EQUATION FOLLOWS)$$\vbox{\halign{#\hfil&&\enspace#\hfil\cr&a.&Action Nominals in -{\it o}:&{\it mkato/mikato\/}&`cut(s)'\cr&b.&Transitive Verbals in -{\it a}:&{\it mkata/wakata}&`cutter(s)'\cr&c.&Relic Agentives in -{\it i}:&{\it mkati/wakati}&`cutter(s)'\cr&d.&Productive Agentives in -{\it aji}:&{\it mkataji/wakataji}&`cutter(s)'\cr&e.&Patient Nominals in -{\it e}:&{\it mkate/mikate}&`lump(s), loaf/loaves'\cr}}$$(TABLE/EQUATION ENDS)

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Linguistics

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Date dc:date

10000-01-01

Author dc:creator

• Treece, Rick Everett

Contributors dc:contributor

• Bokamba, Eyamba G.

• Language, Linguistics
• Language, Modern

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright 1990 Treece, Rick Everett

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

AAI9114444
(UMI)AAI9114444

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/23015