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Author = Amani Lusekelo
Number of Articles: 3
Lexical Semantics and Selection of TAM in Bantu Languages: A Case of Semantic Classification of Kiswahili Verbs
Volume 4, 1 (Special Issue on African Cultures and Languages) , March 2016, , Pages 89-102
Abstract
The existing literature on Bantu verbal semantics demonstrated that inherent semantic content of verbs pairs directly with the selection of tense, aspect and modality formatives in Bantu languages like Chasu, Lucazi, Lusamia, and Shiyeyi. Thus, the gist of this paper is the articulation of semantic classification ... Read MoreThe Consequences of the Contacts between Bantu and Non-Bantu Languages around Lake Eyasi in Northern Tanzania
Volume 3, Issue 1 , March 2015, , Pages 62-75
Abstract
In rural Tanzania, recent major influences happen between Kiswahili and English to ethnic languages rather than ethnic languages, which had been in contact for so long, influencing each other. In this work, I report the results of investigation of lexical changes in indigenous languages that aimed at ... Read MoreAn Analysis of Metaphoric Use of Names of Body Parts in the Bantu Language Kifipa
Volume 2, Issue 1 , March 2014, , Pages 106-118