Studies in African Linguistics (Jun 2002)

Derivational processes in Rangi

  • Oliver Stegen

DOI
https://doi.org/10.32473/sal.v31i1.107353
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 31, no. 1

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The main object of research described in this paper is Rangi, a scarcely investigated Bantu language of Northern Central Tanzania. Rangi phonology and morphonology are briefly sketched, including a classification with regard to both Vowel Height Harmony and Advanced Tongue Root activity. The main body of the paper consists of a detailed description of Rangi derivational processes, which follows the pattern established in Maganga and Schadeberg's description of Nyamwezi, a closely related language. Both verbal derivation, which exclusively uses the extensional slot of the verb structure, and nominal derivation, which employs noun class prefixes and a few suffixes, are covered.

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