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Download full textCloss, Elizabeth; And Others – Swahili: Journal of the Institute of Swahili Research, 1967
This is an outline of the major characteristics of sentences like "Ali alikuwa mwalimu" (Ali was a teacher), "Ali ni mwalimu" (Ali is a teacher), and the numerous pattern variations demonstrated by such sentences. Constructions of this kind are traditionally called copula constructions, and have been classified in terms of (1)…
Descriptors: Deep Structure, Grammar, Intonation, Language Patterns
