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TRANSITIVITY IN SESOTHO AND XHOSA

Published in: South African Journal of African Languages
Volume 1 , issue sup1, pages: 50–85

DOI: 10.1080/02572117.1981.10586454

Author(s): J.A. du Plessis, ,

Keywords: ,

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Abstract

This version of transitivity in verb phrases in Sesotho and Xhosa is based on Chomsky's (1972) X-bar theory. The exposition of verb phrases in Jackendoff (1977) has been used as the basis for this article. It has been found that Jackendoff's PS-rules for verb phrases in English can be applied to African languages.

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