Faab, GertrudPrinsloo, Danie J. (Daniel Jacobus), 1953-2012-07-232012-07-232011-10-21Faaβ, G & Prinsloo, DJ 2011, 'A computational implementation of the Northern Sotho infinitive', South African Journal of African Languages, vol. 31, no. 2, pp. 281-301.0257-2117http://hdl.handle.net/2263/19478The 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.enAfrican Language Association of Southern AfricaNorthern Sotho language -- InfinitiveNorthern Sotho language -- NounGrammar, Comparative and general -- SyntaxA computational implementation of the Northern Sotho infinitiveArticle