Syntactic differences between adjectives and relative words in Setswana and isiZulu

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South African Journal of African Languages Pub Date : 2023-01-02 DOI:10.1080/02572117.2022.2132697

K. Theledi

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Abstract

The study investigates the syntactic differences between adjectives and relative words in Setswana and isiZulu. Setswana and isiZulu are from the same Bantu language family and both share certain general characteristics such as agglutinative morphology, but they differ in orthography, i.e. conjunctive and disjunctive orthography. The aim of the article is to show the differences between the adjective and relative words of isiZulu and Setswana in sentences. The intention is to display the possibility of comparing isiZulu and Setswana without comparing them to English. English is a valuable resource, but it should not be promoted at the expense of indigenous languages. The focus of this study is on the ordering and occurrence of the adjectives and to investigate whether Setswana and isiZulu adjectives and relatives do occur in a specific order when used attributively. A descriptive research design and qualitative approach are used to collect and analyse secondary data from the existing data to solve the research questions, such as: Do Setswana/isiZulu adjectives and relatives occur in a specific manner and can nouns and adjectives be conjoined in Setswana and isiZulu?

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塞茨瓦纳语和伊兹祖鲁语中形容词和关系词的句法差异

研究了塞茨瓦纳语和伊苏卢语中形容词和关系词的句法差异。茨瓦纳语和伊兹祖鲁语同属班图语系，在粘合词法等方面具有一定的共性，但在正字法上有所不同，即连词和析取词的正字法。本文的目的是为了说明伊斯祖鲁语和茨瓦纳语的形容词和关系词在句子中的区别。其目的是展示在不将其与英语进行比较的情况下比较isiZulu和Setswana的可能性。英语是一种宝贵的资源，但不应以牺牲本土语言为代价来推广英语。本研究的重点是形容词的顺序和出现，并调查茨瓦纳语和伊斯祖鲁语形容词及其亲属在定语使用时是否以特定的顺序出现。采用描述性研究设计和定性方法，从现有资料中收集和分析二手数据，解决研究问题，如:茨瓦纳语/伊斯祖鲁语的形容词和亲属是否以特定的方式出现，茨瓦纳语和伊斯祖鲁语的名词和形容词是否可以连词?

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South African Journal of African Languages LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS-

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期刊介绍： The South African Journal of African Languages is a peer-reviewed research journal devoted to the advancement of African (Bantu) and Khoi-San languages and literatures. Papers, book reviews and polemic contributions of a scientific nature in any of the core areas of linguistics, both theoretical (e.g. syntax, phonology, semantics) and applied (e.g. sociolinguistic topics, language teaching, language policy), and literature, based on original research in the context of the African languages, are welcome. The journal is the official mouthpiece of the African Language Association of Southern Africa (ALASA), established in 1979.