Distribution of the complementizer ukuba in the Xhosa sentence

Abstract

Six distributional positions in the Xhosa sentence in which ukuba sentences may appear were investigated, i.e. complement of a verb, a noun, a preposition, a copula, the subject of a sentence, and ukuba in the locative. Relativized ukuba sentences and Raising were given special attention together with the probability of relationship of ukuba with the infinitive. The study was done within the framework of the theory of Government and Binding.