Some Problems of Transitivity in Swahili by Whiteley W. H.; Whiteley W H;

Author:Whiteley, W. H.; Whiteley W, H; [W. H. WHITELEY]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group
Published: 2011-08-31T16:00:00+00:00

Part II—

Extended radicals

Introduction

Having established some criteria for transitivity in minimal radicals there remain to be considered the problems posed by extensions to the radical. First, some preliminary remarks on the concept of extension are necessary.1 All radicals in Swahili may be characterized as either minimal or extended. A radical is extended if it may be contracted, e.g. -vunjik-> -vunji-, and minimal if it can not. Many radicals, however, look as though they are extended, e.g. -ambi-, -andik-, -lema-, -gaw-, -nunu-, -simam-, -tukush-, but in default of a shorter form in current use must be regarded as minimal. These I regard as pseudo-extended2 radicals and their transitivity patterns have already been discussed. As Miss Bryan has pointed out, however, pseudo-extended radicals are of different kinds, and two major types may be distinguished; those in which the extension-like element is commutable with other such elements, and those in which it is not. Thus:-

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