Subject marking, object-verb order and focus in Mbuun (Bantu, B87)

Passiveness and inversion in Mbuun (Bantu B87, DRC)

In this article, we examine two word order inversion constructions in Mbuun, a Bantu language which

Un recueil de proverbes mbuun d’Imbongo (RD Congo, bantu B87)

Object marking in Bantu

Abstract The status of object markers in Bantu languages has been the subject of debate since the s

Object marking in four Mozambican Bantu languages

Object marking in Bantu is an area which has received substantial attention (e.g.Marten & Kula 2012,

The AWSOM correlation in comparative Bantu object marking

The Bantu languages show much variation in object marking, two parameters be- ing (1) their behaviour in ditransitives (symmetric or asymmetric) and (2) the num- ber of object markers allowed (single or multiple). This paper reveals that a com- bination of these pa

Object marking in Lubukusu: Information structure in the verb phrase

Object marker (OM) doubling (i.e. clitic doubling) in Lubukusu has previously been argued to necessarily generate a verum (focus) reading of the clause. We argue for a new empirical generalization: OM-doubling is licit when there is focus in/on the verb phrase, and