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

@inproceedings{Schryver2002TheZL,
  title={The Zulu locative prefix ku- revisited: a corpus-based approach},
  author={Gilles-Maurice de Schryver and Rach{\'e}lle Gauton},
  year={2002}
}

• Gilles-Maurice de Schryver, Rachélle Gauton
• Published 2002
• DOI:10.2989/16073610209486311

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… CONTINUE READING

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