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Nyakyusa is an underdescribed Bantu language spoken by around 800.000 speakers in the Mbeya Region of Tanzania. This book provides a detailled description of the verb in this language. The topics covered include the complex morphophonological and morphological processes as well as verb-to-verb derivation, copula verbs and grammaticalized verbs of motion. The main body of the book consists of a detailed description of tense, aspect and modality constructions, which includes not only an in-depth discussion of their sentence level semantics, but also of their patterns of employment in discourse.

Ngonde language --- Verb. --- Language and languages --- Bantu languages --- Study and teaching --- Verb --- Language and languages - Study and teaching --- Bantu languages - Verb --- Linguistics --- Kintu languages --- Ntu languages --- Sintu languages --- Benue-Congo languages --- mbeya region --- verb --- tanzania --- modality --- aspect --- tense --- bantu languages --- Aguna language --- Clitic --- Nyakyusa language --- Past tense --- Perfective aspect --- Simple present --- Subject (grammar) --- Subjunctive mood