Phrasal Cluster Ellipsis in EkeGusii: Syntactic,  Semantic and Pragmatic Perspectives

dc.contributor.author	Otieno, Robert Liston Omari
dc.date.accessioned	2025-11-14T10:29:41Z
dc.date.available	2025-11-14T10:29:41Z
dc.date.issued	2025-05
dc.identifier.issn	2349-5162
dc.identifier.uri	http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/10128
dc.description.abstract	This paper investigates the phenomenon of phrasal cluster ellipsis in EkeGusii, a Bantu language spoken in western Kenya. We analyze the syntactic structures that permit the omission of entire phrasal clusters, examine the contextual and pragmatic factors involved, and propose a theoretical model to account for these ellipses. Our findings contribute to the understanding of ellipsis phenomena in Bantu languages and offer insights for computational language processing.	en_US
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.publisher	Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (JETIR)	en_US
dc.subject	Phrasal cluster ellipsis	en_US
dc.subject	Noun Class prefixes	en_US
dc.subject	tonal –stranding ellipsis	en_US
dc.subject	focus-driven ellipsis	en_US
dc.subject	Bantu languages	en_US
dc.title	Phrasal Cluster Ellipsis in EkeGusii: Syntactic, Semantic and Pragmatic Perspectives	en_US
dc.type	Article	en_US