Classificatie van naamwoorden en dingen in het Bantoe (1)
- Thilo Schadeberg (Afrikaanse Taalkunde Rijksuniversiteit Leiden)
Abstract
Is there a semantic foundation for the system of noun classes and genders found in Bantu (and in Niger-Congo-Kordofanian) ? This question has intensely occupied many bantuists for over a century. Fundamentalist, mentalistic, and ethnosemantic approaches were used to construct explanations. The present paper reviews several such approaches, giving particular emphasis to some old and recent Dutch contributions to this field.
KEYWORDS : nominal classification, Bantu, semantics
How to Cite:
Schadeberg, T., (1985) “Classificatie van naamwoorden en dingen in het Bantoe (1)”, Afrika Focus 1(1-2). doi: https://doi.org/10.21825/af.v1i1-2.6625
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