Research Areas

Computational linguistics ,Literature in Malawian languages ,Bantu morpho-syntax ,

Publications

• Journal Article
  Nounclass prefixes aren’t nominalisers: Insights from deverbal nominalisation in Chichewa. COPi L. Volume 16, pp. 229–262 (2024)
  https://www.mmll.cam.ac.uk/node/9212/volume-16

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• Journal Article
  Msaka, P.K. 2024. Making nouns with prefixes ka- and na- in Chichewa: An alternative view. Journal of Humanities 32(1). 34–61 (2024)
  https://www.ajol.info/index.php/jh/article/view/263425

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• Conference Papers
  Msaka P.K. Untangling nominalisation, number, noun class and agreement properties in Chichewa. Paper presented at Morphology as Syntax (MaS3) Workshop. Université du Québec à Montréal. Canada (Virtual). (2023)
  https://sites.google.com/view/morphologyassyntax3/programme

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• Conference Papers
  Msaka P.K. & Kalungu F. 2022. Formation of adjectives in Chichewa. Bantu 9. Mount Soche, Blantyre (2022)
  

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• Conference Papers
  Msaka P.K. & Jepter F. 2022. The -er/-ir morphemes in Chichewa. Bantu 9. Mount Soche, Blantyre (2022)
  

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• Conference Papers
  Msaka P.K. & Biberauer T.M. 2019. What corpus evidence tells us about the Chichewa noun class system? Workshop on morphosyntactic microvariation. The University of the Free State, Bloemfontein. (2019)
  

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• Conference Papers
  Msaka P.K. & Biberauer T.M. 2019. Revisiting the Chichewa noun-class system: A Maximise Minimal Means perspective. SAMWOP-8. University of KwaZulu-Natal (Howard College Campus), Durban. (2019)
  

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• Conference Papers
  Msaka P.K. & Biberauer T.M. Some aspects of the grammar of deverbal nominalisation in Chichewa. SAMWOP-6. Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, Cape Town. 2017 (2017)
  

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• Conference Papers
  Re-imagining the Chichewa noun class system. Faculty of Humanities seminar series. Chancellor College, Zomba, Malawi. (2016)
  

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• Conference Papers
  A synchronic approach to the Chichewa nominal classification system. Pre-Comparative Germanic Syntax Conference Workshop. Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, Cape Town. 2016 (2016)
  

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• Conference Papers
  Cyberlexicographic approach to building Malawian local languages scientific terminology. 2015 Faculty of Humanities conference - Rethinking the humanities in twenty-first century Africa. Chancellor College, Zomba, Malawi. (2015)
  

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