A computational implementation of the Northern Sotho infinitive

Faab, Gertrud; Prinsloo, Danie J. (Daniel Jacobus), 1953-

dc.contributor.author	Faab, Gertrud
dc.contributor.author	Prinsloo, Danie J. (Daniel Jacobus), 1953-
dc.date.accessioned	2012-07-23T06:45:57Z
dc.date.available	2012-07-23T06:45:57Z
dc.date.issued	2011-10-21
dc.description.abstract	The aim of this article is to describe the infinitive in Northern Sotho based on corpus data and the respective literature; so far, all share the same view: The infinitive is a noun (of class 15) and a verb at the same time – ‘it manifests both nominal as well as verbal features’ (Poulos & Louwrens, 1994:42). When implementing these constellations in a parser, however, a new perspective is found: to achieve its successful implementation, the infinitive must be defined as a verb on the one hand and as a noun of class 15 on the other, derived from this verb through nominalization (transposition). Instead of a subject concord, the verb stem in the infinitive is preceded by the respective class prefix.	en
dc.description.librarian	nf2012	en
dc.description.uri	http://www.nisconline.com/index.php/sajal/index	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Faaβ, G & Prinsloo, DJ 2011, 'A computational implementation of the Northern Sotho infinitive', South African Journal of African Languages, vol. 31, no. 2, pp. 281-301.	en
dc.identifier.issn	0257-2117
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2263/19478
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.publisher	African Language Association of Southern Africa	en_US
dc.rights	African Language Association of Southern Africa	en_US
dc.subject.lcsh	Northern Sotho language -- Infinitive	en
dc.subject.lcsh	Northern Sotho language -- Noun	en
dc.subject.lcsh	Grammar, Comparative and general -- Syntax	en
dc.title	A computational implementation of the Northern Sotho infinitive	en
dc.type	Article	en