ABSTRACT
The chapter on nominal morphology and syntax provides an analysis of the Bantu noun phrase. An overview of the well-known characteristics of the noun class system is complemented by an original analysis of their semantics as evidenced in agreement phenomena. The chapter also provides the first comparative study of the distribution and origin of the so-called augment since the early 1970s. An overview of the major adnominal modifiers is followed by an analysis of the noun phrase that describes and explains the typologically highly unusual word order patterns found in the Bantu noun phrase.
