The neuter in Manda, with a focus on its reinterpretation as passive

Bernander, Rasmus

doi:10.2989/16073614.2018.1552165

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“…Schadeberg & Bostoen 2019: 179). However, in WS the neuter suffix does not have any of the extended functions described in some languages, such as passive voice or stimulus-oriented perception (Dom et al 2016: 132-134;2018: 168;Chavula 2018;Bernander 2018). The reflexive prefix, on the other hand, has developed into a general intransitivizer, extending its functions beyond only the reflexive into middle voice (see Dom et al 2016; 2018 for further elaboration on the complex linguistic concept of middle voice from a Bantu perspective; Ngwasi 2021 for more on the functions of reflexives in Tanzanian Bantu languages).…”

Section: Anticausative Strategymentioning

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The noncausal/causal alternation in the Western Serengeti languages

Laine¹,

Bernander²,

Aunio³

2022

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This paper takes a look at the noncausal/causal alternation in a sample of about 30 verb pairs in the Western Serengeti languages (WS) Ikoma, Ishenyi, Nata and Ngoreme, spoken in the Mara region of Tanzania. Based on the data presented, these languages can be said to favour a strategy of causativization, i.e. deriving the causal verb from a noncausal base, in coding this alternation. In a preliminary cross-linguistic comparison, this preference for causativization seems to be stronger than in other (Tanzanian) Bantu languages for which data is available. The data also shows that the reflexive prefix is used more often than the neuter suffix in anticausative pairs. While the latter has a widespread use across Bantu languages to derive noncausal verbs, it is unproductive in WS.

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Section: Anticausative Strategymentioning

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The noncausal/causal alternation in the Western Serengeti languages

Laine¹,

Bernander²,

Aunio³

2022

lla

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

Dom

Bar-el

Kanijo³

et al. 2023

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This 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.

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The neuter in Manda, with a focus on its reinterpretation as passive

Cited by 2 publications

References 19 publications

The noncausal/causal alternation in the Western Serengeti languages

The noncausal/causal alternation in the Western Serengeti languages

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

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