Some problems of transitivity in Swahili / [by] W. H. Whiteley.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Whiteley, Wilfred Howell.

Contributor:

• University of London. School of Oriental and African Studies.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Swahili language--Transitivity.
• Swahili language--Verbage.
• Swahili language--Syntax.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (101 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : School of Oriental & African Studies, 1968.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

During the past two years work has been started on the preparation of a new Swahili dictionary, and while the work is still at an early stage of development it is clear that two particularly difficult problems concern the extent to which lexical material can be systematized, and the manner in which this can best achieved.

Contents:

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Preface; Introduction; Transitivity and entailment; Detailed examination of verbs and their entailment patterns; Part I- Minimal radicals; Part II- Extended radicals; Introduction; Extensions and transitivity; Conclusions; APPENDIX A List of verbs characteristically associated with Ei; APPENDIX B Incidence of extended forms in texts; APPENDIX C

Notes:

• Reprinted, with corrections by Dr. Joan Maw, 1975.
• Includes bibliographical footnotes.

ISBN:

• 1-135-46817-6
• 1-135-46818-4
• 1-280-15029-7
• 9786610150298
• 0-203-98541-9

OCLC:

475953490