Search for dissertations about: "Bantu"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 13 swedish dissertations containing the word Bantu.

  2. 1. Tense and aspect in Chichewa, Citumbuka and Cisena : A description and comparison of the tense-aspect systems in three southeastern Bantu languages

    Author : Andrea Kiso; Östen Dahl; Eva Lindström; Bernd Heine; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Tense; aspect; Chichewa; Citumbuka; Cisena; Bantu; Linguistics; lingvistik;

    Abstract : This dissertation describes and compares the tense-aspect systems found in three southeastern Bantu languages, viz. Chichewa, Citumbuka and Cisena. READ MORE

  4. 2. Grammar and grammaticalization in Manda: An analysis of the wider TAM domain in a Tanzanian Bantu language

    Author : Rasmus Bernander; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Manda; Bantu; southern Tanzania; grammaticalization; grammar; linguistic description; reconstruction; tense-aspect-mood; modality; negation; auxiliary;

    Abstract : This dissertation offers a grammatical description and analysis of Manda (N.11), a Bantu language spoken along Lake Nyasa (Lake Malawi) in southern Tanzania. The study focuses on the “wider” TAM domain, i.e. READ MORE

  5. 3. The Ndengeleko Language of Tanzania

    Author : Eva-Marie Ström; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Ndengeleko; Bantu; Tanzania; Rufiji; phonology; morphology; morpho-phonology; endangered languages; grammar; linguistic description; spirantisation; animacy; conjoint; disjoint;

    Abstract : This dissertation describes the Ndengeleko language of Tanzania, in particular the phonology and morphology in the noun and verb phrase. This Bantu language, spoken by approximately 72,000 people, has not been the subject of any previous linguistic study. READ MORE

  6. 4. A Linguistic Description of Mbugwe with Focus on Tone and Verbal Morphology

    Author : Vera Wilhelmsen; Anju Saxena; Maarten Mous; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Bantu; grammar; fieldwork; Tanzania; tone; TAM; morphology; Linguistics; Lingvistik;

    Abstract : Mbugwe is an endangered Bantu language spoken in north central Tanzania. This PhD dissertation is a description of the Mbugwe language with a focus on tone and verbal morphology, based on the author’s fieldwork. This is the first detailed description of the language. Thus far, only a short grammatical sketch of Mbugwe has been available. READ MORE

  7. 5. Inferring Evolutionary Processes of Humans

    Author : Sen Li; Mattias Jakobsson; Ludovic Orlando; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Approximate Bayesian Computation; TMRCA; demography; human evolution; Bantu-Expansion; Out-of-Africa;

    Abstract : More and more human genomic data has become available in recent years by the improvement of DNA sequencing technologies. These data provide abundant genetic variation information which is an important resource to help us to understand the evolutionary history of humans. READ MORE