1.0 Introduction Reduplication is one of the word formation processes demonstrated in many languages of the world. In Bantu languages, the common word formation processes are the agglutinative nature of languages (affixation), borrowing, compounding and reduplication (Contini-Morava 2007). ‘Reduplication in Bantu languages is phonological as it has the phonological constraints that are based on the prosodic features’ (Odden 1996). In Bantu languages reduplication processes are either complete or partial. It is complete in a sense that the whole stem/base is copied and it is partial in a sense that only part of the stem is copied. However, whether the doubled segment is the whole word or part of the word, the newly formed word becomes part and parcel of the vocabulary of that particular language. There are similarities in the reduplication processes that are found in most Bantu languages. They, however, pose several disagreements upon reduplication behaviors between different word categories involved, specifically verbal reduplication. For example, in earlier research it was established that reduplication in Bantu languages was phonologically determined, i.e. minimally and maximally a reduplicant was bisyllabic and prosodologically constrained. Other Bantu languages demonstrate only the minimality bisyllabic requirement i.e. a reduplicant must have at least two syllables (see Odden 1996 for Kikerewe; Matondo 2006 for Sukuma). Recent works in the Bantu area indicate that a reduplicant is morphologically motivated i.e. morphological constraints contribute to the reduplication processes (cf. Downing 2003 for Bukusu; Marlo 2002 for Lusaamia). The main aim of this paper is to describe and analyse reduplication processes involved in C... ... middle of paper ... ...nd of reduplication may show several tendencies as discussed below: 3.1 Nouns Nouns in Chasu receive reduplication in almost not the familiar ways, depending on the syllables and prefixes. Monosyllabic nouns receive total reduplication of the stem and the prefixes that make the base of nouns. Copying of the prefix depend entirely on the fact that most of monosyllabic nouns in Chasu cannot express full meaning without applying at least one prefix. The whole word is repeated, and sometimes, though related to the new word, the reduplicant may express the meaning that is different from the original word. There are cases where the prefix of the noun is reduplicated together with the stem. When it is used that way, it may be diminutive and just describe the object as something which has a certain quality but not the real thing. Let us have a look on the following examples:
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The article The Strange Persistence of First Languages by Julie Sedivy was an intriguing and eye-opening piece of writing to read. The concepts she brought to life through her explicit writing revealed many things I had never heard of before. The further I read, the more I wanted to know and the deeper my interest became. As a monolingual, this article was insightful, captivating and ultimately provided me with a new perspective on language.
This chapter focused mainly on misconceptions and attempting to clarify those misconceptions about accents. In the opinion of linguists, accent is a difficult word to define. This is due to the fact that language has variation therefore when it comes to a person having an accent or not, there is no true technical distinction because every person has different phonological aspects to their way of speaking. However, when forced to define this word, it is described as “a way of speaking” (Lippi-Green, 2012, p.44). Although Lippi- Green identified the difficulty linguists have in distinguishing between accent, dialect, and another language entirely, they were able to construct a loose way of distinguishing. Lippi- Green states that an accent can be determined by difference in phonological features alone, dialect can be determined by difference in syntax, lexicon, and semantics alone, and when all of these aspects are different from the original language it is considered another language entirely (Lippi-Green, 2012).
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The first study conducted by Patel & Daniele (2003) focuses on one of the two main points of interests held by musicologists and linguistics alike: the effect of prosody of a particular language on the music produced by native speakers of that language. In the introduction, the authors reflects on the long held intuition that there is a connection between the two, however, dismisses its validity based on the fact that there has not been any empirical evidence to substantiate the claim.
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Hence, the overall goal of this study is to investigate the Hasawi plosive phonemes and how they shape different allophones. This paper is divided into five main sections: the first section is an introduction of the topic including an overview of the dialect; the second section is a review of the literature which includes brief previous related studies; the methodology used for this study is described in the third section; the fourth section demonstrates the findings of this study; and finally the conclusion.
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Over thousands of years language has evolved and continued to develop to what we know it as today. Throughout the years, it has been studied how we learn language and the benefits of learning it as well as the deficits of not learning it. While studying language it is important to consider the language acquisition device, language acquisition support system, and Infant-Directed and Adult-Directed Speech. Not only is it important to learn language in general, but there are specific sensitive periods in which a human must learn the language in order to obtain developmental milestones. The sensitive period is also crucial when learning a second language and can greatly affect the human when speaking that language. During the sensitive period while a child is learning language it is important that they learn the specifics about language structure and the aspects of language. Once the child has learned the aspects of language, they are also emerged into learning universal grammar. Lastly, the learning of language has influenced ontogeny and phylogeny in various ways. This influence will continue to arise as change occurs and humans and the world continue to develop and evolve.
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