The Basis of Bantu Literature

The Basis of Bantu Literature

Certain Bantu languages to-day are developing as literary media, not only for official, educational, correspondence or publicity purposes, but for the more aesthetic side of life, for mental and spiritual culture. It is appropriate to consider now what basis the Bantu languages, qua Bantu languages,...

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Veröffentlicht in:Africa (London. 1928) 1948-10, Vol.18 (4), p.284-301
1. Verfasser: Doke, C. M.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
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Emotional expression
Grammatical conjugation
Grammatical constructions
Lexical stress
Nouns
Oral literature
Parts of speech
Verbs
Vowels
Words
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Zusammenfassung:Certain Bantu languages to-day are developing as literary media, not only for official, educational, correspondence or publicity purposes, but for the more aesthetic side of life, for mental and spiritual culture. It is appropriate to consider now what basis the Bantu languages, qua Bantu languages, have upon which to build a distinctive literature, what natural equipment for literary success.
ISSN:0001-9720
1750-0184
DOI:10.2307/3180450