The Bantu languages are in some sense remarkably uniform (SVO basic word order, noun
classes, verbal morphology), but this extensive language family also show a wealth of …

This study charts variation in subject inversion constructions in Bantu languages. It
distinguishes between seven types of inversion constructions: formal locative inversion …

This paper provides evidence for a kind of nominal licensing (Vergnaud licensing) in a
number of morphologically caseless languages. Recent work on Bantu languages has …

Abstract In his paper 'Parameterizing Case: evidence from Bantu', Diercks (2012) proposes
a parameterized theory of abstract Case, where some languages do have Case, and others …

Minimalist approaches often implicitly assume a version of the Case Filter (Chomsky 1981,
Vergnaud 1977), whereby, even in languages without morphological case, overt DPs must …

This chapter provides an overview of the common syntactic features as well as the syntactic
microvariation found in the Bantu languages. It particularly highlights the importance of …

Two notable typological characteristics of the Bantu languages are the phenomena of
subject and object marking, the cross-referencing of co-referential arguments via verbal …

Case marking has long resisted rationalization in terms of language-external systems of
cognition, representing a classical illustration in the generative tradition for an apparently …

TheBantulanguage Luganda (Uganda, JE15) has three morphosyntactic strategiesto
express focus on a nominal referent. This paper examines the detailed interpretational …

This work presents newly-discovered data involving differential marking in the Bantu
language Kinande (JD42), which affects three classes:(i) goals and sources;(ii) predicative …