Bücher von Lovemore Mutonga

Ksi¿¿ka ta analizuje zachowanie klastrów spó¿g¿oskowych w angielskich mieczach zapo¿yczkowych w Shonie, czego dowodem jest dyskurs mówiony w j¿zyku angielskim, jakim jest Shona. Teoretycznie Shona nie dopuszcza klastrów spó¿g¿oskowych, poniewä naruszaj¿ one struktur¿ sylaby Shona, któr¿ jest CV. Jednak¿e, poniewä Shona - angielskie j¿zyki dwuj¿zyczne s¿ kompetentne zarówno w j¿zyku Shona, jak i angielskim, maj¿ one tendencj¿ do przenoszenia niektórych struktur fonologicznych j¿zyka angielskiego na Shona, zmieniaj¿c tym samym struktur¿ fonotaktyczn¿ tego j¿zyka. Ksi¿¿ka ta przekonuje zatem do w¿¿czenia tych klastrów spó¿g¿osek do obecnej ortografii Shona, poniewä stäy si¿ one cz¿¿ci¿ i cz¿¿ci¿ inwentarza fonologicznego Shona.

This book looks at the phonology of the variety of English spoken by Shona -English bilinguals in Zimbabwe termed as ¿The Zimbabwean English¿ in this book. There are significant linguistic differences between the Zimbabwean English Variety and the British Received Pronunciation variety in terms of their vowel inventories. This book theoretically shows, how Shona-English Bilinguals employ the phonological processes to reduce the Received Pronunciation¿ s complex Vowels like diphthongs, triphthongs long vowels and complex monopthongs to Zimbabwean English¿s simple monopthongs. This book argues therefore, for the legitimacy of Zimbabwean English as a distinct variety of English with linguistic features that distinguishes it from Received Pronunciation.

This book seeks to explain and provide an elegantphonological analysis of complex consonants phonemesin Zezuru a dialect of Shona. Specifically, this isan explanation of Zezuru segmental phonology, withparticular emphasis complex consonants. True,segmental phonology is an explication of vowels andconsonants of any given language. Typically, Bantustudies have segmented consonants into simplex andcomplex phonemes. It is the intention of this studyto provide a detailed identification of complexsounds of Zezuru. This explication will consider thequestion ¿what are the characteristics of complexconsonants of Zezuru?

This study investigates the linguistic strategies that were used by informal foreign currency dealers at Road Port along Fourth Street of Harare to lure and negotiate with potential customers. The study also seeks to unveil various forms of communication the informal foreign currency dealers used to evade the arm of the law. This is done so as to show how language is manipulated by people to accomplish their goals. The primary method that was used for collecting data is the observation method. The major advantage of using observations in research is its directness. The gathered data was analyzed qualitatively whereby the researcher will made some judgments and comment on the gathered data. The researcher employed various models like the Politeness Theory, the Markedness Model, the Power and Solidarity Theory, The Accommodation Theory to explain the research problem. The researcher used multiple descriptive tools as it was discovered that no single descriptive framework could fully account for the data..

This book looks at the retention of consonant clusters in English loanwords in Shona as evidenced by the spoken discourse of Shona- English bilinguals. Theoretically Shona does not allow consonant clusters because they violate the syllable structure of Shona which is CV. However, because Shona - English bilinguals are competent in both Shona and English they tend to transfer some phonological structures of English into Shona hence changing the phonotactic structure of this language. This book argues therefore, for the inclusion of these consonant clusters in the current Shona orthography because they have become part and parcel of Shona phoneme inventory.

This book looks at how English loanwords are accommodated in Shona, a Southern Bantu language. The first article looks at phonological processes that are utilized when Ndau, a dialect of Shona which spokenly mainly in Chipinge borrows words from English. Theses are glide epenthesis, vowel epenthesis and substitution of sounds that are not found in Ndau. Glide and vowel epentheses are triggered to maintain the syllable structure of Ndau which is basically CV. The second article looks at how English phonological structure is influencing Shona phonology. This is because English loanwords in Shona are maintaining some of their phonological features so much that the syllable structure of Shona is changing from the basic CV to CCV because consonant clusters in English loanwords are maintained in Shona. This second article therefore argues for the existence of the new variety of Shona which is gradually developing.