Bilabial Palatalisation in Zulu: a morphologically conditioned phenomenon
This article looks at the question of whether the palatalisation processes which occur in the Zulu locative, diminutive and passive are best regarded as morphologically conditioned or as phonologically conditioned. For each of these processes, arguments are presented to show that they are morphol...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | Afrikaans |
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Stellenbosch University
2014-12-01
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| Series: | Stellenbosch Papers in Linguistics Plus |
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| Online Access: | https://spilplus.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/645 |
| Summary: | This article looks at the question of whether the palatalisation processes which occur in the Zulu
locative, diminutive and passive are best regarded as morphologically conditioned or as
phonologically conditioned. For each of these processes, arguments are presented to show that
they are morphologically conditioned, and that proposed analyses of them as phonologically
conditioned are incorrect. It is further argued that the rules which prevent VV sequences from
arising are also morphologically conditioned. Formal morphologically conditioned analyses of
each process are given. |
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| ISSN: | 1726-541X 2224-3380 |