Descrição das estratégias de locatívização em Citshwa, variante Cihiengwe

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to describe locativization in Citshwa, the Cihlengwe variant of Mabote. The work is divided into four chapters. The first chapter presents the objectives of the work, basic data on Citshwa and its speakers. The second chapter presents the literature review and the theoretical framework of the study. The third chapter briefly describes simple locativization and then complex locativization in detail. Finally, Chapter IV presents the conclusions drawn. Locativization is a process of spatial-temporal or metaphorical localization of entities. Relationships of place and time are generally indicated by a process called locativization, a process that occurs in all natural languages. In fact, each language makes a specific adoption of locativization according to the grammar that governs that language. In Citshwa, the location of entities is generally achieved through a process involving words and locative affixes, which is called complex locativization for the purposes of this paper. And according to the position the affix occupies, to the left or right of the word, complex locativization in Citshwa can be by prefixation or suffixation. In addition to complex locativization, Citshwa adopts locativization by means of words which in their semantics already express the notion of locatives, which is referred to as simlpes locativization in this paper. This type of locativization is carried out using a limited number of words, unlike complex locativization which is more extensive