Beyond derivation: Creative use of noun class prefixation for both semantic and reference tracking purposes

Morrison, Michelle E.

doi:10.1016/j.pragma.2017.10.009

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“…This phenomenon contributes to the interconnectedness of Bantu languages due to the shared influence of the same colonial languages. Moreover, even before considering these observations, Bantu languages share fundamental linguistic components, such as the noun class system [21,35] (refer to Table 2) and even vocabulary.…”

Section: About Bantu Languagesmentioning

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BantuLM: Enhancing Cross-Lingual Learning in the Bantu Language Family

Mohamed,

Benelallam,

Bahafid

et al. 2023

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This paper outlines methods for improving Bantu languages through the application of Natural Language Processing techniques. We trained a Large Language Model known as Bidirectional Encoder Representations from Transformers for the understanding of 18 Bantu languages. More precisely, we pre-trained the model using an unsupervised corpus obtained using pseudo-labeling. This pre-training task aims to comprehend the latent structures of these languages owing to an attention mechanism that enables a deeper understanding of the context. We then conducted various experiments on five downstream tasks: Language Identification, Sentiment Analysis, News Classification, Named Entity Recognition and Text Summarization. Finally, we proposed to test the effectiveness of using multilingualism in a few closely related languages instead of leveraging a vast amount of data and multiple languages that are not necessarily related. In fact, we conducted experiments on unseen languages belonging to the Bantu family and we found that the model demonstrates better ability understanding them due to their similarities to the languages used for pre-training.

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Section: About Bantu Languagesmentioning

confidence: 99%

BantuLM: Enhancing Cross-Lingual Learning in the Bantu Language Family

Mohamed,

Benelallam,

Bahafid

et al. 2023

Preprint

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“…Classes 9, 14, and 15 have their plural counterparts in class 6, while class 11 has its plural counterpart in class 10 (Luhende, 2018). In Bantu languages, the classification of nouns into different classes is historically related to or motivated by certain semantic properties such that there are specific noun classes only for humans, animals, trees and plants, locations, and objects (Matondo, 2003;Morrison, 2018), as shown in Table 1. For example, class 1/2, in several Bantu languages including Sukuma, characteristically includes humans, class 7/8 includes instrumental objects, and class 9/10 includes animals.…”

Section: Sukuma Noun Classesmentioning

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A morphological analysis of Sukuma place names: A case of primary school names in Shinyanga, Tanzania

Shigini

2023

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Place names are vital language forms as they are entrenched with data about their ethnic origins. They are crucial linguistic, historical, geographical, and socio-cultural data sources. A growing body of evidence suggests that place names have been studied mainly from a semantic standpoint. Studies focusing on the morphological analysis of place names are limited. This denies onomasticians access to knowledge regarding the structures and processes forming place names in many languages. This paper examines the morphological aspects of Sukuma place names, mainly names of primary schools in Shinyanga Rural District, Shinyanga Region, Tanzania, to uncover their underlying structural patterns and the word-formation processes. The data for this study were 125 names of primary schools found in the Shinyanga Rural District, collected through the documentary review method. The collected names were subjected to morphological analysis by decomposing them into constituent morphemes to establish their structures and word formation processes. The findings indicate that Sukuma place names minimally consist of a noun or verb stem, though most are composed of a prefix and a noun or verb stem. The study further establishes that Sukuma speakers use inflection, derivation, and compounding strategies to form place names. The results of this study support the view that names, like other words in a language, have elaborate linguistic structures that can be analysed morphologically. It is concluded that the structure of place names is as significant as the motivational factors for place naming in determining or contributing to the meaning of a place name.

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“…Morison (Morrison, 2018) proučava upotrebu imeničkih klasa u bena jeziku, jeziku koji pripada grupi bantu jezika. Ono što ovaj rad izdvaja u odnosu na prethodne radove koji se tiču bena jezika, jeste fokus na upotrebi imeničkih klasa u narativnom diskursu.…”

Section: Odnos Semantike I Pragmatike U Literaturi O Deminutivimaunclassified

Primarna motivisanost upotrebe deminutiva

Oparnica¹

2023

Примењена лингвистика

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Sažetak: Тeorijski pristupi analize deminutiva se razlikuju pre svega u odnosu na interpretaciju veze između semantičkih i pragmatičkih značenja. S obzirom na neslaganja oko primarne motivisanosti upotrebe deminutiva, radovi se grubo mogu podeliti na one koji primat daju pragmatici i one koji primat daju semantici. Osim toga, pristupi se razlikuju i u odnosu na svrstavanje deminutiva u okviru derivacione ili flektivne morfologije. Cilj ovog rada jeste prikaz i upoređivanje različitih pristupa analizi deminutiva koje pronalazimo u literaturi. Detaljan teorijski opis lingvističih pojava će nam poslužiti kao važna polazna tačka za studije koje se tiču automatske ekstrakcije deminutiva.

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Beyond derivation: Creative use of noun class prefixation for both semantic and reference tracking purposes

Cited by 4 publications

References 6 publications

BantuLM: Enhancing Cross-Lingual Learning in the Bantu Language Family

BantuLM: Enhancing Cross-Lingual Learning in the Bantu Language Family

A morphological analysis of Sukuma place names: A case of primary school names in Shinyanga, Tanzania

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