What Makhuwa can tell us about the structure of human language

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• Jenneke van der Wal, Linguistics
• Tuesday 20 November 2012, 13:10-14:00
• The Richard King Room, Darwin College.

If you have a question about this talk, please contact Xinyi Liu.

In this talk, I will take you on a fieldwork journey to Mozambique to discover the peculiarities of a Bantu language named Makhuwa. What is so special about its word order? And how can you use the verb inflection to stress the most important information? After examining some of the fascinating data, I discuss how they can contribute to a universal theory of grammar.

This talk is part of the Darwin College Humanities and Social Sciences Seminars series.

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