W Bourquin
Biographic Data
| ID | 98043 |
|---|---|
| NAME | W Bourquin |
| GIVEN NAMES | W |
| FAMILY NAME | Bourquin |
| SIGNATURE | BOURQUIN W |
| AFFILIATIONS | Mission Australia |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1921 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1955 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Notes on the “close vowels” in Bantu
SYNOPSIS It is assumed by Meinhof that, besides ordinary *î and *û, there existed in Ur‐Bantu other vowels of similar type which he calls “close vowels”. He believes that they might have originated in contractions involving the vowels *i and *u. To investigate this problem, a number of stems containing close vowels are examined. It is found that in certain monosyllabic stems the vowels corresponding to original *i and * u alternate in different l…
Notes on the concords in Xhosa and Zulu, their differences and general aspect
SYNOPSIS Xhosa and Zulu show some differences in their concords. Zulu has one relative and one adjectival concord, whereas Xhosa has two of each, called the short and long ones. The latter are identical with the Zulu concords and are composite forms. Their first element consists of a formative a which indicates the relative connection. The second element consists in one case of the verbal concords, in the other of concords identical with the nomi…
Click-words which Xhosa, Zulu and Sotho have in common
SYNOPSIS When coming down from the North the Nguni and Southern Sotho came into contact with the Hottentots, probably first with Korana tribes. They acquired from them three main types of clicks and a certain number of click‐words. Later, when the Nguni tribes dispersed, they added individually more such words to their common stock. To‐day click‐words form about one seventh of the Xhosa and Zulu vocabulary. For future comparative studies it would…
The use of the demonstrative pronoun in Xhosa
1949). The use of the demonstrative pronoun in Xhosa. African Studies: Vol. 8, No. 1, pp. 10-19
In memory of Carl Meinhof
The Prefix of the Locative in Kafir
Click-words which Xhosa, Zulu and Sotho have in common
SYNOPSIS When coming down from the North the Nguni and Southern Sotho came into contact with the Hottentots, probably first with Korana tribes. They acquired from them three main types of clicks and a certain number of click‐words. Later, when the Nguni tribes dispersed, they added individually more such words to their common stock. To‐day click‐words form about one seventh of the Xhosa and Zulu vocabulary. For future comparative studies it would…
The Prefix of the Locative in Kafir
In memory of Carl Meinhof
The use of the demonstrative pronoun in Xhosa
1949). The use of the demonstrative pronoun in Xhosa. African Studies: Vol. 8, No. 1, pp. 10-19
Click-words which Xhosa, Zulu and Sotho have in common
SYNOPSIS When coming down from the North the Nguni and Southern Sotho came into contact with the Hottentots, probably first with Korana tribes. They acquired from them three main types of clicks and a certain number of click‐words. Later, when the Nguni tribes dispersed, they added individually more such words to their common stock. To‐day click‐words form about one seventh of the Xhosa and Zulu vocabulary. For future comparative studies it would…
Notes on the concords in Xhosa and Zulu, their differences and general aspect
SYNOPSIS Xhosa and Zulu show some differences in their concords. Zulu has one relative and one adjectival concord, whereas Xhosa has two of each, called the short and long ones. The latter are identical with the Zulu concords and are composite forms. Their first element consists of a formative a which indicates the relative connection. The second element consists in one case of the verbal concords, in the other of concords identical with the nomi…
Notes on the “close vowels” in Bantu
SYNOPSIS It is assumed by Meinhof that, besides ordinary *î and *û, there existed in Ur‐Bantu other vowels of similar type which he calls “close vowels”. He believes that they might have originated in contractions involving the vowels *i and *u. To investigate this problem, a number of stems containing close vowels are examined. It is found that in certain monosyllabic stems the vowels corresponding to original *i and * u alternate in different l…
Linguistics (5 works) · Philosophy (5 works) · Philosophy (5 works) · History (4 works) · History (4 works) · Xhosa (3 works) · Bantu languages (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Linguistics, Language Diversity, and Identity (2 works) · Zulu (2 works)