dc.contributor.author | Kihara, Patrick | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2018-02-13T06:12:00Z | |
dc.date.available | 2018-02-13T06:12:00Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2017 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11295/103417 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://linguistics.uonbi.ac.ke/basic-page/university-nairobi-journal-linguistics-and-languages | |
dc.description.abstract | Complementisers are important categories for linguistic theories in description of syntactic structures. In generative grammar theories, the complementiser phrase is an indispensable functional category. Gĩkũyũ, a Bantu language of Kenya, has a ubiquitous complementiser, atĩ /ate/ ‘that’, and its variants atĩrĩrĩ /aterere/ and atĩrĩ /atere/. This paper demonstrates that besides having a complementiser function, atĩ is an evidential and dubitative marker, a hearsay marker and a discourse filler. It also has an echoic usage. Its related discourse particles, atĩrĩrĩ and atĩrĩ are quotative markers; they have information-structuring and deictic functions. This paper bases its analysis on Role and Reference Grammar. It shows that investigating atĩ beyond its syntactic complementiser function reveals a holistic view of its other functions and those of its related particles. It also brings to light the interaction of linguistic domains involved in its occurrence in Gĩkũyũ grammar. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | University of Nairobi | en_US |
dc.rights | Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 United States | * |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/ | * |
dc.subject | A Functional Analysis Atĩ And Its Variants | en_US |
dc.subject | Journal of Linguistics and Languages | |
dc.title | A Functional Analysis Atĩ And Its Variants (Atĩrĩrĩ And Atĩrĩ) As Complementisers And Various Discourse Markers | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |