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- ItemComparative syntax : the expletive in the African Languages of South Africa (Bantu Languages)(2010-07-30) Du Plessis, J. A. (Jacobus A.); University of Stellenbosch. Dept. of African Languages.
- ItemComparative syntax : the structure of the verb phrase in the African languages of South Africa (Bantu Languages)(2010-06-09) Du Plessis, J. A. (Jacobus A.)
- ItemComparative syntax : the copulative in the African Languages of South Africa(2010-08-25) Du Plessis, J. A. (Jacobus A.)The copulative construction in the African languages of South Africa will be considered within the following framework: firstly, an overview will be given of the various copulas or copulative verbs or the absence of overt copulative verbs in these languages. Secondly, the complements of these copulative verbs will be given as well as an overview of the moods and tenses within which each such copulative may appear. Lastly, attention will focus on the semantics and syntax of these copulative clauses.
- ItemComparative syntax of the African languages of South Africa ( Bantu languages) : the relative clause in the African languages of South Africa (Bantu languages)(2010-11-15) Du Plessis, J. A. (Jacobus A.)The aim of this article is to focus on a comparative study of the relative clause in the four major language groups of South Africa which will be represented here by four individual languages, i.e. isiXhosa, Xitsonga, Tshivenda and Sesotho. Within the relative clause, answers will be provided for the following issues which are basic to the relative clauses in these languages: The structure of a relative clause, the relative determiner and marker and the reasons for the optionality of some of them, the tenses of the relative verb and the types of resumption within the TP, the restrictive, appositive and free relatives and lastly, the problems engenderd by coordinated and stacked relative clauses.