Date of Award
5-2014
Document Type
Honors Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Department
Linguistics
Advisor/Committee Chair
Lee Bickmore
Abstract
Manyika is a dialect of Shona, a Bantu language spoken in Zimbabwe and Mozambique. Like many Bantu languages, Manyika has a noun class system, which affects the morphology and phonology of many parts of speech including nouns, verbs, adjectives, and determiners. In this paper, noun class is studied in relation to adjectives, stative verbs, and determiners. In addition, there is a section on the use of the be-verb in Manyika Shona, and a section on combinations of determiners and the syntax of the determiner phrases.
Recommended Citation
Teubl, Grace, "Adjectives, Be Verbs, and Derterminers in Manyika Shona" (2014). Linguistics. 3.
https://scholarsarchive.library.albany.edu/honorscollege_ling/3