Role of close vowel in juxtaposed lexemes in Sesotho and IsiZulu : a para-morphophonological aspectual comparison

dc.contributor.advisorKhumalo, L.Z.M.
dc.contributor.authorMahlasela, Esau Mohlophehi Rramatsa
dc.date.accessioned2010-05-25T11:43:41Z
dc.date.available2010-05-25T11:43:41Z
dc.date.issued2002
dc.descriptionSubmitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Literature and Philosophy in the Department of African Languages at the University of Zululand, South Africa, 2002.en_US
dc.description.abstractChapter one outlines the aim of the study, research design and the statement of problem It further explains the methods of research that will be used. A theoretical background is discussed to clarify the research problem. Chapter two gives the background to the study of vowels in Sesotho and isiZulu. Highlights through vowel charts have been displayed to show positional differences. Chapter three concentrates on the origin of SeSotho and isiZulu vowels phonemes. It further looks at the historical background of the close vowels and the alternating roles of vowels fu] and [i] in different languages. Chapter four deals with the nature of Sesotho close vowels and isiZulu close vowels. A comparisons in terms of the origin of close vowels is conducted in this chapters. Chapter five examines the role of close vowels in the juxtaposed lexemes. The role of close vowels has been analysed in both SeSotho and isiZulu languages. Chapter six looks at terminative phonemes in deverbatives in both languages in question. A schematic representation of demorphemized isiZulu /-a-/ and SeSotho /-a/ phonemes in syntactic construction is also investigated. Chapter seven concludes by sumrnarizing the main findings of this study and it also suggests recommendations for future researchen_US
dc.identifier.other266008
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10530/289
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectLanguage and languages--Grammaren_US
dc.titleRole of close vowel in juxtaposed lexemes in Sesotho and IsiZulu : a para-morphophonological aspectual comparisonen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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