In:The Syntax of Information-Structural Agreement
Johannes Mursell
[Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today 268] 2021
► pp. 83–116
Chapter 4Object marking in Swahili
Published online: 22 September 2021
https://doi.org/10.1075/la.268.c4
https://doi.org/10.1075/la.268.c4
Article outline
- 4.1Introduction
- 4.2Background
- 4.2.1General background
- 4.2.2Swahili
- 4.2.3Object marking in Bantu
- 4.3The trigger for OM
- 4.3.1Optional OM in Swahili
- 4.3.2Obligatory OM in Swahili
- 4.4Analysis
- 4.4.1OM in Swahili is not cliticization
- 4.4.2Agreement based on Givenness
- 4.4.3Interaction of OM with other processes
- 4.5Conclusion
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