A morphological analysis of Kemunasukuma personal names

Bibliographic Data

ID21758438
AuthorsPeter Gonga Shigini (0000-0001-5857-2421), Gostor Cosmas Mapunda
Year2023
Volume123
Issue5
Pages95-113
Publication date2023-11-24
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueLinguistik Online (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1615-3014 • E-ISSN: 1615-3014
PublisherUniversity of Bern (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.13092/lo.123.10551
OpenAlexW4388965573
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited7

Personal names and naming practices are among the linguistic topics that have occupied scholarly attention from diverse fields: philosophy, history, anthropology, linguistics, and psychology. This paper investigates personal names from a linguistic perspective. It examines Kemunasukuma personal names by focusing on their structural patterns and the morphological processes involved in their formation. The study followed a qualitative approach as it deals with textual data (personal names). Data was collected through interviews and documentary review, and morphological approaches were adopted in data analysis. Personal names were broken down into meaningful morphemes to trace their structural patterns as well as determine the word-formation processes involved. The findings indicate that Kemunasukuma personal names exhibit seven structural patterns that range from simple to complex. Also, the findings indicate that three word-formation processes: inflection, derivation, and compounding are productive and responsible for the formation of Kemunasukuma personal names. The structure of Kemunasukuma personal names not only points to the structure of the Sukuma language but also gives vital clues about their semantics

Inflection · Linguistics · Morpheme · Personal pronoun · Word formation · Computer Science · Linguistics, Language Diversity, and Identity · Names, Identity, and Discrimination Research · Philosophy · Swearing, Euphemism, Multilingualism · Artificial Intelligence

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