Complementizers and nouns in Xhosa

Abstract

In the case of noun complementation or appositive clauses with ukuba in Xhosa which are selected by verbs, four arguments have been presented to arrive at a structure. It was found that the head NP in the full NP functions as an operator and that the EC within the complementizer phrase is a variable which is locally Abound by this operator, within the principles of the Government-Binding theory. The data presented also gives insight to the nature of ukuba, both as a fossilized Infinitive and as a properly functioning Infinitive with a verb ba, giving rise to Indirect Complementation.