TY  - JOUR
A1  - Crane, Thera
A1  - Fanego, Axel
T1  - Constituency, imbrication, and the interpretation of change-of-state verbs in isiNdebele
T2  - Studia Orientalia
N2  - This paper describes the interplay of lexical and grammatical aspect with other grammatical phenomena in the interpretation of the aspectual suffix ‑ile (which we analyse as Perfective) in isiNdebele, a Nguni Bantu language spoken in South Africa. Crucial other phenomena include constituency-related factors such as the conjoint-disjoint distinction and (related) penultimate lengthening, along with morphophonological conditions that trigger different forms of ‑ile. These factors appear to interact differently in isiNdebele than they do in closely related Zulu, suggesting two different paths of grammaticalization, which we argue can change the interpretation of markers of grammatical aspect as they interact with lexical aspectual classes.
KW  - Zulu
KW  - Southern Ndebele
KW  - information structure
KW  - constituency
KW  - aspect
KW  - grammatical aspect
KW  - lexical aspect
KW  - imbrication
KW  - Bantu
KW  - grammaticalization
Y1  - 2020
UR  - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/56500
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-565007
SN  - 2323-5209
VL  - 8
IS  - 3
SP  - 43
EP  - 64
PB  - Finnish Oriental Society
CY  - Helsinki
ER  -