Kennedy Njenje Kangwa* & Pethias Siame Department of Literature and Languages, Kwame Nkrumah University DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.22336639 English loanwords in Icibemba take part in reduplication just as native words do. Once borrowed items are integrated into the language’s system, they reduplicate Read More …
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Passive Constructions in Icibemba: A Minimalist Analysis of Argument Reorganisation and Agreement
Sharon Mwamba Phiri* & Kennedy Njenje Kangwa Department of Literature and Languages, Kwame Nkrumah University DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.22309519 This article examines passive constructions in Icibemba, a Bantu language spoken in Zambia, within the Minimalist Programme of Transformational Generative Grammar. Data come Read More …
Fronted or In-Situ? Wh-Question Strategies and Acceptability in Icibemba: A Minimalist Analysis
Sharon Mwamba Phiri* & Kennedy Njenje Kangwa Department of Literature and Languages, Kwame Nkrumah University, KABWE, ZAMBIA DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.21905026 This article examines wh-question formation in Icibemba, a Bantu language spoken in Zambia. Using a Minimalist framework, I investigate how locality Read More …
