ABSTRACT
As mentioned in §3.1.3, different Bantu languages have different domains of phonological rule application in double complement constructions. In this chapter I will show how a simplified Phonological Domain Generator and the use of the correct Mo can account for the variation in phonological domains in Bantu. A few examples of cross-linguistic phonological domain variation in Bantu are shown in (5.1–5.3). The phonological domains in these examples are diagnosed by tone sandhi (5.1) and pre-boundary lengthening (5.2) and (5.3) 53 https://www.niso.org/standards/z39-96/ns/oasis-exchange/table">
HAYA
Byarushengo (1977)
(V NP NP) D
a-k-acumb-il’ábáán’ébitooke
SM-PST-cook-AP children bananas
‘She cooked the bananas for the children’
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Kisseberth & Abasheikh (1974)
(V NP) D (NP) D
ni-mw-andik-il-ilenu:ru xatí
SM-OM-write-AP-FV Nuru letter
‘I wrote Nuru a letter’
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Jokweni (1995)
(V NP) D (NP) D (NP) D
ndi-ya-m-pháke-ela úmaam’ ínyaama
SM-T-OM-cook-AP mother meat
‘I am cooking meat for the mother’
