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- Language Family: Bantu
- Topic #1: Verbs
‘Want’-Verbs and their Co-Expressions in Rufiji-Ruvuma
Utafiti huu unachunguza vitenzi vya maana ya ‘kutaka’ katika lahaja za Kibantu zinazohusishwa na kundi dogo la Rufiji-Ruvuma la Kibantu cha Mashariki, linalozungumzwa kusini mwa Tanzania na kaskazini mwa Msumbiji. Utafiti unachunguza matumizi yake katika miundo ya kiutashi (desiderative constructions) pamoja na ushiriki wake katika aina mbalimbali za usemi. Kwa kutumia mtazamo wa kilinganishi, utafiti huu unatumia ramani za kisemantiki kama nyenzo ya kianaliti na ya kuona ili kunasa mifumo ya maonyesho ya pamoja, kwa kuchukua ‘kutaka’ kama dhana kuu na kuonyesha maana mbalimbali zinazothibitishwa kwa vitenzi tofauti vya ‘kutaka’ katika lugha husika. Matokeo yanaonyesha tofauti kati ya lugha na ndani ya lugha katika uteuzi wa vitenzi vya ‘kutaka’ na katika mitandao changamano ya maonyesho ya pamoja ambayo vinaweza kuelezea, ikijumuisha maana za kimsamiati na za kimaumbo. Utafiti huu pia unaangazia mitindo ya kihistoria ya ubunifu wa msamiati, ugramatishaji, na mabadiliko yanayosababishwa na mawasiliano ya lugha.