Published January 29, 2020 | Version v1
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A Morpho-Semantic Classification of Datooga Nouns

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  • 1. Dar es Salaam University College of Eduction

Description

By focusing on the morphology and the semantics of Datooga nouns, the study establishes that morpho-Semantically Datooga nouns are categorized along the parameters gender classification, suffixal classification, colour classification and metaphorical extensions based on a variety of similarities. The classification is facilitated by a set of extra linguistic factors surrounding the classification of the nouns.

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Note: This talk has not gone through a process of peer review, and findings should therefore be treated as preliminary and subject to change. Acknowledgement and citation: Mdoe, Kuria. 2020. A Morpho-Semantic Classification of Datooga Nouns. Talk given at the Rift Valley Network Webinar Series. 29/01/2020.

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