• DOI:10.2989/16073610209486311
Corpus ID: 17859904

The Zulu locative prefix ku- revisited: a corpus-based approach

@article{Schryver2002TheZL,
  title={The Zulu locative prefix ku- revisited: a corpus-based approach},
  author={Gilles-Maurice de Schryver and Rach{\'e}lle Gauton},
  journal={Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies},
  year={2002},
  volume={20},
  pages={201 - 220}
}

Gilles-Maurice de Schryver, Rachélle Gauton

Published 2002

Computer Science

Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies

This article re-examines the distribution of the class 17 locative prefix ku- and its variants kwi- and ko- in the locativisation of nouns in Zulu. To this end an electronic corpus of 5 million running Zulu words—the University of Pretoria Zulu Corpus (PZC)—is queried. We indicate how PZC can be used to highlight previously under-emphasised and overlooked aspects of a seemingly well-documented language feature such as the class 17 locative prefix ku-. Analysing the output proffered by PZC—an… CONTINUE READING

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