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The union spell-out principle
(2010-01)
This paper argues that grammar has a union spell-out mechanism that dictates that contiguous heads be spelled out by a single morpheme/phrase if there exists a morpheme/phrase in the lexicon with a collection of the features ...
The focus marker in Kîîtharaka: Syntax and semantics
(2008-05)
This paper investigates a morpheme central to the clausal syntax of Kîîtharaka (SVO, Bantu, E54, Kenyan). The first sections of the paper offer a careful description of three functions of this morpheme, which marks information ...
An anti-locality restriction on subject wh-phrases in Kîîtharaka
(2011-04)
This paper investigates the syntactic restrictions on subject wh-questions in Kîîtharaka, an SVO Bantu language spoken in Kenya (Code E54, according to the classification by Guthrie). Subject wh-phrases exhibit two closely ...
The focus particle in Kiitharaka
(2006)
In this paper we argue that Kˆ ıˆ ıtharaka in situ and ex situ object focus constructions are exhaustive. Sentences with a preverbal focus marker are argued to be nonexhaustive. Ourconclusionsarebasedonfelicityinmention- ...
Kîîtharaka Event and Result Nominals
(2019-06-30)
This paper explores the subject of event and results nominals and finds that the two can easily be distinguished in
Kîîtharaka. Kîîtharaka event nominals are in form of infinitive construction while result nominals are ...
WH-QUESTIONS IN KITHARAKA
(2005)
This paper explores question formation in Kitharaka (E54; Bantu; Kenyan) within the crosslinguistic approach developed in Sabel (2000, 2002, 2003). According to Sabel, variation in the positioning of wh-phrases in languages ...
Order of Modifiers in Kîîtharaka Determiner Phrase
(2019-06)
This paper argues that Kîîtharaka has a neutral1 order of modifiers within its determiner phrase.
Apart from this neutral order, other orders are possible depending on the modifier upon which focus is
placed. Ordering ...
Categorizing adpositions in Kˆıˆıtharaka
(2007-01)
In this paper, I discuss the categorial status of Kˆıˆıtharaka adpositions. I demonstrate that there are two main classes of adpositions (to be referred to as Class A and Class B). Class A adpositions are syntactic heads ...