Two talks by Jochen Zeller
We are very happy to announce two talks by Jochen Zeller from the University of Kwa Zulu Natal
The first talk will be held in the Syntax Colloquium on Monday, July 14th, 4-6 p.m., room IG 4.301. The title of this talk is: "Linear order affects agreement with conjoined noun phrases: experimental evidence from isiZulu".
Abstract:
"In this talk I discuss different aspects of negation in the Bantu language isiZulu (Nguni; Guthrie code S42), which is the home language of almost a quarter of South Africans (Census 2022). The talk begins with a brief overview of negation strategies in Bantu languages more generally, and in isiZulu specifically. I then discuss three different constructions that can be used in isiZulu to negate a transitive sentence. In the unmarked strategy, an object marker is attached to the negated verb that agrees in noun class with the object. When the object marker is omitted, the object (or the VP) is contrastively focused. In the third strategy,...