Word order and information structure in Makhuwa-Enahara

Utrecht: LOT, 2009. — 276 p.Most of the research on Bantu languages has concentrated on the phonological and morphological aspects of these languages, while the syntactic issues remain largely understudied. Specifically interesting in the syntax of Bantu languages is the relatively free word order. Bearth (2003:128) notes that the variability of verb-external constituent order is a widespread although insufficiently studied phenomenon of Bantu
syntax. This variable word order has been associated with discourse, as suggested by Marten (2007).