Kiswahili Syntax

The course deals with principles that apply to the formation of Kiswahili sentences.  After introducing the basic syntactic meta-language involving basis concepts such as word class, sentence, clause, phrase construction, constituent structure, the course concentrates on how they are reflected in Kiswahili.   Selected topics in Kiswahili syntax will be discussed including Kiswahili word classes, Kiswahili nominal classes, Kiswahili sentence structure, sentence classification and representation, types and structures of Kiswahili phrases. Wherever feasible attention will be paid to aspects of Kiswahili morpho-syntax, i.e. the interaction between morphology and syntax in Kiswahili.