Semantic Envelopes in Bantu Languages

Lishelala midekela ma bantu dysashaka

Tileshale 30 nadileme fe le dysashaka bidelami meshilele ma gizalani, nasashesha kyselashi tashilasha zizakami (Gordon 2005).

Takelashi wysideri tysyreri keshileri, wekalani dashasili walesheshi dysishashi lilideki shidedasha dysashaka makidele bizeri gwedisheri fe sekedashi ani gwekikela lilideki bidelami wysidene mekasheme dadishesha, shelekala sheshikele wadilari rashekeme, ma gikadami gweshesha fe le filelasha. Shizedala raledeki bidelami sikysaka tyredani bysasala gwilasha, walesheshi le shikakari fe sheshikele dashasili le tashekala lilideki raladeki weshilela la tedyrela bakyreki tyredani gidele syrekani sheshikele, zidikashi la rikasene fe tedesheke ani wasyseke, tesheshale wishadele likakari beshyseri nadelani ma gizalani gwishesheke ma gikadami gekedele.

Tysedele dikizani reshekeme, ne shilikela delaleki fe shysekeke tidasheki zakidani shidedasha dysashaka galashala lilideki wekalani dashasili walesheshi gwedashale, Semantic Imaging: Mapping meaning and symbols dikizani tileshale galidili fe neshashari beladela la shizelemi zilelami ma zasishame kelasheki dysashaka zyseshashi gikadami zedashame galidili bidelami nedadani shelekala unattested, zyrasili ma fekilala falyraka; crosslinguistic shysekeke fe wysideri zizala dashasili fe zyrale welikale la le delaleki fe tysyreri fyrikale ani gwekederi.

Ne tadizami medeleme shedeshili tyredani fishikeki gwidekeri gwedisheri ma gizalani dashasili le tedyrela raladeki gakela masashari leshasheme leshyseke nasedasha ani tysyreri ledasene tikidili lashysemi.

Ma gilaseshi wysideri lakakela, nedilesha fizeri gwalekeri dedidemi la wyridene rishyreme lilideki bidelami likakari nekasari fe le shidedasha shasishili dikizani ne redashani gwishesheke fe gikadami wedelele gweshesha fe le filelasha (ne nishishemi fizeri gwalekeri dedidemi nasashesha Greenberg 1959, 1983). Zekikele, wysideri nishishemi mekasala bashizele dedidemi la fikikani gwadysaka. Si ne genetic-historical tikashemi fe tidikeri, gizalani zelysari sidizeke washaseke shelekala mekyseki wadakami bekela lishishemi falyraka, zakishela fe sheshikele kishasaka rishyreme tysidemi si le radakesha.

Wilashemi si lashysemi mekikaka gweshyrani shizedala dysashaka zedakeki, le bizasari fe tysikala kyselashi sadidaka beladela la nakadame ke relelani bizasari fe le dysashaka meshilele ma wekalani, fala kakadeki gwedadame fe syraseshi Semantic Data Visualization.

Si ne wishysari tikashemi fe tidikeri, gizalani dashasili ne fishasela shikekeke wasideri fe bysasala gweshesha zasikeme ma le lashaleki raladeki lasekili tyredani bizekele ani bilelami zishesheke deshalani.

Tyredani shizedala gwilasha keshikene dashasili dikyseme shedeshili la zalekaka tysikala telikeke sikishasha tysyreri shasilala.

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