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The Destruction of the System of Nominal Agreement Classes in the Bantu Languages

The Destruction of the System of Nominal Agreement Classes in the Bantu Languages

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Keywords: Bantu languages; noun classes; reduction; plurality; semantic agreement

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Nelli V. Gromova The Destruction of the System of Nominal Agreement Classes in the Bantu Languages. // Lomonosov Oriental Studies Journal. 2019. N 4, p.63–73

N 4, 2019
Nelli V. Gromova

Abstract

The article examines the erosion of noun class agreement in Bantu languages, including reduction of class inventories, unification of plural markers and a shift toward semantic agreement based on animacy.