DOCUMENT RESUME ED 350 839 FL 020 622 AUTHOR Kelly, John TITLE Xhosa Isinkalakahliso Again. PUB DATE Jun 92 NOTE 18p.; In: Harlow, S. J. and Warner, A. R., Eds. York Papers in Linguistics, 16; see FL 020 620. PUB TYPE Reports Evaluative /Feasibility (142) EDRS PRICE MFO1 /PCO1 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS *Bantu Languages; Foreign Countries; *Grammar; *Language Patterns; Language Research; Linguistic Theory; *Phonology; *Uncommonly Taught Languages IDENTIFIERS *Passive Voice; *Xhosa ABSTRACT An analysis of the phonological phenomenon of "isinkalakahliso" or palatalization in Xhosa, a Bantu language, is presented, focusing on its occurrence in the passive form ...

 

The productivity of ‘unnatural’ labial palatalization in Xhosa Wm. G. Bennett, Aaron Braver Rhodes University, Texas Tech University Abstract Xhosa (Bantu, South Africa) has a pattern of labial palatalization. When the passive suffix /-w-/ is added to a stem ending in a labial, the labial becomes palatal (uku-lum-a → uku-lu-w-a). Two main types of analysis have been proposed for this alternation: (i) the ‘phonological analysis’, which states that the alternation is part of speakers' synchronic phonological grammar, and (ii) the ‘lexical analysis’, which states that speakers learn the palatalized passive forms as part of their lexical knowledge ...