Browsing Faculty of Humanities by Author "Kari, Ethelbert Emmanuel"

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  • Central Delta languages: an overview 

    Kari, Ethelbert Emmanuel (Stellenbosch University, https://www.sun.ac.za/, 2017)
    This paper presents an overview of the phonology, morphology and syntax of Central Delta languages. It also provides information on the geo-linguistic, demographic and sociolinguistic situation of these languages. It notes ...

  • Cognate object constructions in Degema 

    Kari, Ethelbert Emmanuel (Sage publications,www.sage.com/‎, 2017-06)
    This paper provides a descriptive analysis of cognate object constructions in Degema. Cognate object constructions refer to constructions that involve a verb and a cognate nominal object that is morphologically and semantically ...

  • Cognate object constructions in Degema 

    Kari, Ethelbert Emmanuel (Linguistique et Langues Africaines (LLACAN); llacan.vjf.cnrs.fr/lla/, 2017)
    This paper provides a descriptive analysis of cognate object constructions in Degema. Cognate object constructions refer to constructions that involve a verb and a cognate nominal object that is morphologically and ...

  • The languages of Rivers State of Nigeria: An overview 

    Kari, Ethelbert Emmanuel (University of Botswana, www.ub.bw, 2019-11-06)
    This paper provides an updated overview of the languages of Rivers State of Nigeria in respect of the number, linguistic classification and features of the languages, as well as the distribution of the languages across the ...

  • On the status of subject markers in African languages 

    Kari, Ethelbert Emmanuel (Joongwon Linguistic Society of Korea, http://submission.jwl.or.kr/sobis/jwl.jsp, 2017)
    This paper discusses subject markers in African languages, noting that whereas the grammatical functions of these morphemes are fairly clear; their status as affixes or clitics is not. The unclear status of subject markers ...

  • Restrictions on the attachment of verbal extensions in Degema 

    Kari, Ethelbert Emmanuel (The Joongwon Linguistic Society of Korea, http://submission.jwl.or.kr/sobis/jwl.jsp, 2016)
    This paper discusses restrictions observed in the attachment of verbal extensions to all verb bases in Degema. Kari (1995) discusses verbal extensions in Degema focusing on the number, underlying forms, and phonological ...

  • Second position clitics in Degema: a reanalysis 

    Kari, Ethelbert Emmanuel (West African Linguistic Society; www.westafricanlinguisticssociety.org, 2015)
    This paper reanalyzes so-called second position clitics in Degema as verb-adjacent clitics. The reanalysis is based on the observation that these clitics cannot be separated from the verb by intervening elements. Kari ...

  • Strategies for naming tourist sites in Botswana 

    Kari, Ethelbert Emmanuel; Mogara, Budzani (University of Botswana http://www.ub.bw, 2014)
    This paper aims at establishing and discussing the strategies for naming tourist sites in the languages of Botswana using a descriptive approach. In addition, the paper attempts a classification of these tourist sites in ...