A computational implementation of the Northern Sotho infinitive
- The aim of this article is to describe the infinitive in Northern Sotho based on corpus data and the respective literature; so far, all share the same view: The infinitive is a noun (of class 15) and a verb at the same time—‘it manifests both nominal as well as verbal features’ (Poulos & Louwrens, 1994:42). When implementing these constellations in a parser, however, a new perspective is found: to achieve its successful implementation, the infinitive must be defined as a verb on the one hand and as a noun of class 15 on the other, derived from this verb through nominalization (transposition). Instead of a subject concord, the verb stem in the infinitive is preceded by the respective class prefix.
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| Author: | Gertrud FaaßORCiD, D. J. Prinsloo |
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| URN: | urn:nbn:de:bsz:mh39-120839 |
| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1080/02572117.2011.10587371 |
| ISSN: | 2305-1159 |
| Parent Title (English): | South African Journal of African Languages |
| Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
| Place of publication: | London |
| Document Type: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Year of first Publication: | 2011 |
| Date of Publication (online): | 2023/08/30 |
| Publishing Institution: | Leibniz-Institut für Deutsche Sprache (IDS) [Zweitveröffentlichung] |
| Publicationstate: | Zweitveröffentlichung |
| Publicationstate: | Postprint |
| Reviewstate: | Peer-Review |
| GND Keyword: | Grammatik; Infinitiv; Korpus <Linguistik>; Nominalisierung; Pedi-Sprache; Substantiv; Verb |
| Volume: | 31 |
| Issue: | 2 |
| First Page: | 281 |
| Last Page: | 301 |
| Note: | This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in "South African Journal of African Languages" online on 26 Oct 2012, available at: https://doi.org/10.1080/02572117.2011.10587371 |
| DDC classes: | 400 Sprache / 400 Sprache, Linguistik |
| Open Access?: | ja |
| Linguistics-Classification: | Grammatikforschung |
| Licence (German): |  Urheberrechtlich geschützt |