TY - RPRT A1 - Zeller, Jochen T1 - Left dislocation in Zulu N2 - This paper examines left dislocation constructions in Zulu, a Southern Bantu language belonging to the Nguni group (Zone S 40). In Zulu left dislocation configurations, a topic phrase in the beginning of the sentence is linked to a resumptive element within the associated clause. Typically, the resumptive element is an incorporated pronoun (cf. Bresnan & Mchombo 1987), as illustrated by the examples in (1) and (2). In these examples, the object pronoun (in italics) is part of the verbal morphology and agrees with the noun class (gender) of the dislocate. This situation is schematically illustrated in (3), where co-indexation represents agreement: ... Y1 - 2004 UR - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/2921 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30-24922 ER -