Thesis (DLitt (African Languages))--University of Stellenbosch, 2010. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The expression of aspect in Sesotho within the framework of the principles,
properties and mechanisms of three different components of grammar, i.e. the
syntactic, morphological and semantic components, has been established in a
broader context. The application of the terms aspect and tense in the existing
grammatical descriptions of the Sesotho verbs, however, has proved to be
problematic. This is largely owing to the fact that these categories are established in
Sesotho on the basis of notional distinctions. This study aims to examine
comprehensively, firstly, the morphosyntactic system of Sesotho, in order to
determine the range of categories that express grammatical aspect, which includes
the Perfective and Imperfective aspects in Sesotho. The perfective-imperfective
opposition is a particular area of focus in this study, and comprises the different
tenses which are involved in the meaning of the situation types (activities,
achievements, accomplishments and states). In this regard, questions relating to the
distinctive properties of tense and aspect in Sesotho, namely: (i) the aspect
categories that occur in the full range of tenses in Sesotho, (ii) the aspect categories
that occur in deficient verb constructions, and (iii) the theoretical treatment of the
relationship between aspect and the aspectual classes of verbs (activities,
achievements, accomplishments and states) in Sesotho, undergo detailed
examination and investigation in this study.
Secondly, the study both defines and explores the theoretical frameworks pertaining
to the analysis of: (i) the correlation between the Sesotho aspect system and the
relationship between situation types and grammatical aspects in Sesotho, (ii) the
distribution of aspectual classes of verbs with respect to grammatical aspect and
temporal adjunct (for- adverbial and in- adverbial) categories in Sesotho, and (iii), the
effect on telicity of certain complement categories on the inner temporal structure of
aspectual verb classes. The study establishes the premise that the syntactic
evidence for telic events in Sesotho usually turns on the feature of completion which
involves the interaction of duration and a change of state. Therefore, this study aims
to demonstrate that the existence and application of the durative adverbial provides
syntactic evidence for atelic events. The argument for the causes and dynamics of
the telic/atelic dichotomy, as approached in this study, is based on crucial shifts
which are triggered by either completive or durative adverbials when appearing with
situation types. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die wyse waarop aspek in Sesotho tot uitdrukking kom binne die raamwerk van die
beginsels, eienskappe en meganismes van drie verskillende komponente van die
grammatika, naamlik die sintaktiese, morfologiese en semantiese komponente, is
binne ‘n breër konteks vasgestel. Die toepassing van die terme aspek en
tempus/tydsaanduiding in die bestaande grammatikabeskrywings van die Sesotho
werkwoorde, blyk egter problematies te wees. Dit moet grootliks toegeskryf word
aan die feit dat hierdie kategorieë in Sesotho op grond van begripsonderskeidinge
gevestig geraak het. Die doel van hierdie studie is eerstens om ‘n omvattende
ondersoek van die morfosintaktiese sisteem van Sesotho te doen ten einde vas te
stel wat die omvang van die kategorieë is wat grammatiese aspek uitdruk. Dit sluit
die Perfektiewe en Imperfektiewe aspekte van Sesotho in. Die perfektum –
imperfektumopposisie is ‘n besondere fokus area in hierdie studie en dit behels die
verskillende tye van die werkwoord wat betrokke is die betekenis van die
situasietipes (aktiwiteite, verrigtinge, afhandeling en toestande). In hierdie verband
word vrae wat betrekking het op die distinktiewe eienskappe van tempus en aspek in
Sesotho, naamlik (i) die aspekkategorieë wat in die volle reeks tye in Sesotho
voorkom, (ii) die aspekkategorieë wat in gebrekkige/ontoereikende
werkwoordkonstruksies en (iii) die teoretiese hantering van die verhouding tussen
aspek en die aspektiese klasse werkwoorde (aktiwiteite, verrigtinge, afhandeling en
toestande) in Sesotho in hierdie studie in besonderhede ondersoek en nagevors.
Tweedens omlyn en verken die studie die teoretiese raamwerke wat betrekking het
op (i) die korrelasie tussen die Sesotho aspeksisteem en die verband tussen
situasietipes en grammatikale aspekte in Sesotho, (ii) die distribusie van aspektiese
werkwoordklasse ten opsigte van grammatiee aspek en temporele adjunkkategorieë
(vir – adverbiale en in – adverbiale) in Sesotho, en (iii) die effek op “telicity” telisiteit
van sekere komplementkategorieë op die binneste temporele struktuur van die
aspektiese werkwoordklasse. Die verhandeling poneer die premis dat die sintaktiese
bewys vir “telic” telies gebeure in Sesotho gewoonlik die kenmerk van voltooidheid
aktiveer wat die interaksie van tydsduur en ‘n verandering van toestand betrek. In
teenstelling hiermee beoog hierdie tesis om te demonstreer dat die bestaan en
toepassing van die duratiewe adverbiale aspek sintaktiese bewys verskaf vir “atelic” gebeure. Die argument vir die oorsake en dinamika van die “telic/atelic” digotomie,
soos in hierdie studie benader, is gebaseer op deurslaggewende verskuiwings wat
teweeggebring word deur òf voltooide òf duratiewe adverbiale aspekte wanneer hulle
saam met situasionele tipes voorkom. / KGUTSUFATSO: Tshebediso ya aspekte Sesothong e sibollotswe ka moelelo o pharalletseng ho
sebedisitswe moralo wa molawana o bontshang dikarolwana tse tharo tse fapaneng
tsa kwahollopuo e leng: kahopolelo/sintheks, kahontswe/mofoloji, moelelo/
semanthiks. Tshebediso ya aspekte le lekgathe ke bothata bo teng ditlhalosong tsa
kwahollopuo ya dihlopha tsa maetsi Sesothong. Bothata bona bo amana le dikarolo
tse latelang: Lebaka ke hobane aspekte le lekgathe di thehilwe ho latela phapano ya
tsona mekgahlelong ya Sesotho. Tabeng ya pele, boithuto bona bo hlahloba ka
botlalo tshebediso ya kamano ya mantswe le dipolelo (morphosyntactic system) ho
hlalosa lethathama la mekgahlelo e bontshang aspekte kwahollopuong, ho
kenyelleditswe diaspkete tse bontshang phethahalo (Perfective) le tse sa bontsheng
phethahalo (Imperfective). Phapano pakeng moelelo o bontshang phethahalo
(Perfective) le tsa moelelo o sa bontsheng phethahalo (Imperfective) ke e nngwe e
toboketswang ka hara boithuto bona e bile e na le mefuta e fapaneng ya lekgathe
mmoho le dihlopha tsa maetsi a bontshang (ketso (activity), phihlello e bontshang
nako e telele (accomplishment), phihlello e etsahalang ka potlako (achievement) le
boemo (state)). Ka tsela ena dipotso tse tobaneng le ditshobotsi tsa lekgathe le
aspekte Sesothong, e leng (i) mekgahlelo ya aspekte e fumanwang lethathamong la
lekgathe Sesothong, (ii) mekgahlelong ya aspekte e fumanwang dipolelong tsa
mahaelli/mathusi, le (iii) mohopolo wa tshebediso ya kamano e teng pakeng tsa
aspekte le dihlopha tsa maetsi a yona a bontshang (ketso (activity), phihlello e
bontshang nako e telele (accomplishment), phihlello e etsahalang ka potlako
(achievement) le boemo (state)) Sesothong.
Tabeng ya bobedi, boithuto bona bo hlalosa ka bophara moralo wa mohopolo o
amanang le manollo ya: (i) kamano e teng pakeng tsa tshebetso ya aspekte
Sesothong le dihlopha tsa maetsi le kwahollopuo ya aspekte Sesothong, (ii) kabo ya
dihlopha tsa maetsi ho latela aspekte ya teng kwahollopuong le ho mahlalosi a
bontshang nako (hora ekasitana le ka hora) mekgahlelong ya Sesotho, hammoho le
(iii) sekgahla sa mekgahlelo ya dipolelwana tsa tlatsetso tse itseng tse bontshang
ketso e tswellang pele kapa e phethahatsang ho latela sebopeho se ka hare sa nako
sa dihlopha tsa maetsi. Boithuto bona bo fumane bopaki ba dipolelo Sesothong hore diketso tse totobatsang phethahatso ya ditshobotsi tsa moelelo wa ketso e hlalosang
phetelo/qetelo Sesothong di kenyelleditse le tshebedisano pakeng tsa botswelli le
phetoho ya boemo. Le ha ho le jwalo boithuto bona bo rerile ho senola boteng le
tshebediso ya mahlalosi a nako (hora le ka hora) a bontshang botswelli mme a
nehelana ka bopaki bo netefatsang ketso e sa phethahalang mme e ka ikemela ka
boyona e se na pheletso kapa diphetoho moelelong. Boithutong bona, bo bontshitse
mabaka a phapanyetsano tshebedisong a thehilweng hodima ho phethahala le ho se
phethahale le ho ritsa ha moelelo ho bakwang ke mahlalosi a bontshang
phethahatso le botswelli ha a hlahella hammoho le dipolelo tsa dihlopha tsa maetsi.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:sun/oai:scholar.sun.ac.za:10019.1/4017 |
| Date | 03 1900 |
| Creators | Motsei, Anastacia Sara |
| Contributors | Visser, Mariana, University of Stellenbosch. Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. Dept. of African Languages. |
| Publisher | Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
| Format | 561 p. |
| Rights | University of Stellenbosch |
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