As variaçoes alomoféricas do prefixo da classe 7 em Shimakonde

Abstract

In Bantu languages, nouns are organized into classes marked by prefixes that control phrasal and syntagmatic agreement. The nominal prefixes of these languages reflect the nominal prefixes of Proto Bantu, the reconstituted form of a supposed ancestral language from which all Bantu languages seem to derive. In some Mozambican languages the prefixes are the same as those of Proto Bantu, in other languages some prefixes have disappeared and there are still other languages in which the prefixes have allomorphs, i.e. in the same class, in addition to the prefix inherited from Proto Bantu, the language has other affixes to prefix to its nominal bases. This is the case of the Shimakonde language, where the class 7 prefix has three allomorphs. The aim of this paper is to explain the sequence of allomorphization of this prefix. To this end, our work will be organized into five chapters. The first chapter is the introduction, where we describe the language, present the research problem and hypotheses, indicate the aim of the work and the motivation for doing it.The working methodology is presented in the second chapter. The third chapter is reserved for the theoretical framework and the literature review, where we try to outline the various concepts and definitions selected for a better understanding of the challenge we have set ourselves. In the fourth chapter, we analyze the data selected for the research. At the end of the study, we present the conclusions drawn from the research carried out and the recommendations deemed relevant, suggesting the procedure to be followed in the analysis of this type of phenomenon by other interested parties. (TRADUÇAO NOSSA)