Vol. 14 No. 3 (2005): Nordic Journal of African Studies
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Discovering Usage Patterns for the Swahili amba- Relative Forms cl. 16, 17, 18: Using Corpus Data to Support Autonomous Learning of Kiswahili by Italian Speakers

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  • Maddalena Toscano,
  • Simon Sewangi
Maddalena Toscano
Università degli Studi di Napoli L’Orientale, Italy
Simon Sewangi
University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Nordic Journal of African Studies
DOI: https://doi.org/10.53228/njas.v14i3.256

Published 2005-09-30

How to Cite

Toscano, M., & Sewangi, S. (2005). Discovering Usage Patterns for the Swahili amba- Relative Forms cl. 16, 17, 18: Using Corpus Data to Support Autonomous Learning of Kiswahili by Italian Speakers. Nordic Journal of African Studies, 14(3), 44. https://doi.org/10.53228/njas.v14i3.256

Abstract

The paper discovers and describes generalised usage patterns meant for assisting second language Swahili learners in appropriate use of the amba- locatives by applying corpus-based discovery procedures where the actual communication environment of each amba- locative relative is surveyed and the results used as a basis for determining the usage patterns.

The patterns resulting from the analysis are obtained from an untagged corpus made from a selection of texts of contemporary Swahili literature. Patterns are not intended to be prescriptive rules but rather corpus-based generalisations which should guide learners of Swahili as a second language in producing acceptable sentences involving the use of ambapo, ambako, ambamo.

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