M Petrus Mabena

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Crane, Thera Marie, Remah Lubambo, M Petrus Mabena, Cordelia Nkwinika, Muhle Sibisi and Onelisa Slater 2024 What can be said? Variation among expressions of modal possibility in a South African language cluster Studies in Language: Online-First Articles | Article
We employ a cluster approach to explore the comparative semantic maps of several markers of modal possibility – the “potential” prefix nga‑ and expressions meaning, roughly, ‘know how to’ and ‘be able to’ – in four South African Nguni languages: isiNdebele, isiZulu, isiXhosa, Siswati. We also… read more