RVN Webinar Series - A closer look at the optional Class 5 prefix in Mbugwe
Channel: Rift Valley Network
Date: 2021-03-13

Note: This talk has not gone through a process of peer review, and 
findings should therefore be treated as preliminary and subject to change.

How to cite: Poole, Lizzie. 2021. A closer look at the optional Class 5 prefix in Mbugwe. Talk given at the Rift Valley Network Webinar Series. 10/03/2021.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4602959

Abstract: This presentation seeks to explore what has been termed an optional i- prefix on some Class 5 roots in Mbugwe (Bantu F34). We will examine some previous analyses of Class 5 nouns in Mbugwe and the distribution of this initial i- as attested in my data, before I present my hypothesis that the i- prefix is an augment.

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