The compound noun in Northern Sotho
Date
2006-12
Authors
Mphasha, Lekau Eleazar
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Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch
Abstract
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study explores the various elements which appear in compound nouns in Northern
Sotho. The purpose of this study fill in an important gap in the Northern Sotho
language studies as regards the morphological structure of compound nouns in
Northern Sotho.
This study is organized as follows:
CHAPTER ONE presents an introduction to the study. The introductory sections which
appear in this chapter include the aim of the study, the methodology and different views
of researchers of other languages on compound nouns. Different categories which
appear with the noun in the Northern Sotho compound are identified.
CHAPTER TWO deals with the different features of the noun in Northern Sotho. It
examines the various class prefixes, nominal stems/roots and nominal suffixes which
form nouns. Nouns appear in classes according to the form of their prefixes. The
morphological structures of the nouns have been presented. It also reviews the
meanings, sound/phonological changes and origins of nouns.
CHAPTER THREE is concerned with the nominal heads of compound nouns. It
examines compounds that are formed through a combination of nouns, and compounds
that are formed from nouns together with other syntactic categories. Arguments which
defend the structure of different compounds with nominal heads are presented.
CHAPTER FOUR explores compound nouns with verbal heads. It examines various
elements of compound nouns with a verb as one of its components. The entire chapter
includes examples that illustrate that when a verbal form appears with a noun, it is
adapted to a noun by the addition of the relevant prefixes and suffixes. CHAPTER FIVE gives an overview of the findings, and presents the conclusions, of the
research on compound nouns in Chapters Three and Four.
Description
Thesis (DLitt (African Languages))--University of Stellenbosch, 2006.
Keywords
Northern Sotho language -- Compound words, Northern Sotho language -- Noun, Dissertations -- African languages, Theses -- African languages