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The syntax of African languages: a review
J ochen Zeller, University of Kwa-Zulu-Natal
September 2011
1. Introduction
In this chapter I present an overview of the basic, and what I consider the most intriguing,
syntactic properties of the languages spoken on the African continent. I discuss the major
syntactic word categories and general aspects of word order typology, but I also address
specific topics that have attracted considerable attention in the fields of African
linguistics and theoretical syntax, including topic- and focus-constructions, wh-questions,
serial verbs and the passive. In this review, I highlight those syntactic phenomena that are
mainly or exclusively found in African languages, such as e.g. logophoricity, or the so-
called "verb medial" (S-Aux-O-V-X) constituent order. Occasionally, I also mention
prominent generative analyses of the constructions I review.
2. The sentence: basic constituent order
The "basic" order of constituents in a language is typically defined by the position of
subject (S), verb (V) and object (O) in declarative, affirmative, active main clauses which
are morphologically and pragmatically unmarked.
According to Heine (1976, 2008), the
proportion of languages with S-V-O constituent order is much higher in Africa than
globally; it is the basic order of approximately 71% of African languages (Heine 2008:
5). S-V-O languages are common in all four phyla. The majority of the Niger-Congo
languages is S-V-O; in fact, this constituent order is almost without exception in the West
Atlantic and Bantu branches (Heine 1976; Watters 2000). S-V-O-languages in the Nilo-
Saharan phylum include some Central Sudanic and Western Nilotic languages (Bender
2000; Creider 1989; Heine 1976; Vossen 1983). Most Chadic languages of Afro-Asiatic
(Newman 1980; Schuh 2003) and the Non-Khoe languages of Khoisan (Güldemann &
Vossen 2000) are S-V-O:
(1) Takko wii Demmba mi yiyii 5e.
Takko told Demmba I saw them
'Takko told Demmba that I saw them.'
[Fula; West Atlantic; Niger-Congo]
[Potsdam 1995: 180]
(2) zan sayā wa mātātā rīgā
FUT:1.S buy IOM wife:1.S dress
'I'll buy a dress for my wife.'
[Hausa; Chadic; Afro-Asiatic]
[Green 2007: 12]
The relative order of multiple objects in S-V-O-languages is mostly determined by
semantic properties such as animacy or definiteness; indirect objects typically precede
direct objects. Note that in African languages with valency-changing morphology, the
number of NP-objects is not limited to two. For example, in the Bantu language KiChaga,
up to five object NPs are licensed when the verb combines with an applicative marker
(Moshi 1998).
As noted by Heine (1976), S-O-V constituent order is less common among African
languages than worldwide. There are only a few S-O-V languages in Niger-Congo, e.g.
the Ijoid and Dogon languages, and the Kordofanian language Tegem (Heine 1976;
Williamson 1965; Williamson & Blench 2000). Kanuri, Maba, Kunama and the Nubian
languages are prominent examples of S-O-V languages in the Nilo-Saharan phylum
(Bender 2000). The Ethio-Semitic, Omotic and Cushitic languages of Afro-Asiatic are
verb-final (Comrie 1981; Heine 1976; Tosco 2003; Watters 2000), and among the
Khoisan languages, S-O-V is the basic constituent order in Khoe (Central Khoisan) and
in Sandawe (Dalgish 1979; Den Besten 2002; Güldemann & Vossen 2000; Rust 1965):
A related phenomenon is the S-V-O – S-O-V constituent order alternation that is found in
languages from all phyla. In Niger-Congo, the Kwa, Kru, and some Gur languages (Aboh
(3) ava-nzo-ye sh:-ro kupona c:n
father-POSS-NOM he-DAT money:ACC give:3.S
'His father gives him money.'
[Kanuri; Saharan; Nilo-Saharan]
[Lukas 1967: 149; glosses added]
(4) J ohanneb ge ti ¸naoba goro gurin ei-!a ge mu.
J ohn DECL POSS.1.S uncle five years ago PAST see
'J ohn saw my uncle five years ago.'
[Khoekhoegowab; Central Khoisan; Khoisan]
[Den Besten 2002: 26]
"Rigid" verb final-languages, in which all types of objects precede the verb, are rare in
Africa (Creissels 2000). For example, of the approximately 300 African languages
surveyed by Heine (1976), only 8% have the word order S-AP-V, compared to 24% with
S-O-V constituent order (Heine 1976: 23). In some West African languages, verbs
systematically follow their objects (and auxiliaries), but precede oblique arguments and
adjuncts, giving rise to S-Aux-O-V-X constituent order (Creissels 2005; Gensler 1994,
1997; Nikitina 2009). In Niger-Congo, this constituent order is the rule in Mande and in
the Senufo-languages of the Gur group (Carlson 1994; Creissels 2005), and it is also
attested in Songay, a Nilo-Saharan dialect cluster closely related to Mande (Nicolai
(5) seku jé mădu del:: war: : 'la kunun
Sékou PM Madou ask money PO yesterday
'Sekou asked Madou for money yesterday.'
[Bambara; Mande; Niger-Congo]
[Creissels 2005; ex. (1b)]
2004; Fabb 1992; Koopman 1983; Manfredi 1997; Marchese 1986) as well as the
Western Atlantic language Kisi (Childs 1995) are best known to show this variable word
order, but the VO-OV alternation is also found in the Southern Cushitic branch of Afro-
Asiatic (Heine 1976; Güldemann 2008), in some Central Sudanic and Western Nilotic
languages of the Nilo-Saharan phylum (Heine 1976; Creider 1989), and in Northern
Khoisan (Güldemann 2008; König 2009a). The choice between the VO- and the OV-
variant is conditioned by polarity, finiteness or temporal-aspectual properties of the
sentence. Therefore, the OV-variant is often (but not always) attested when an auxiliary
is present, in which case S-V-O alternates with S-Aux-O-V:
(6) a. ¬ pī sāyc (S-V-O)
he cook:FACT meat
'He cooked meat.'
b. ¬ na sāyc pī (S-Aux-O-V)
3.S PERF meat cook
'He has cooked meat.'
[Dewoin; Kru; Niger-Congo]
[Marchese 1986: 68]
In Givón (1975), the OV-variant of the word order alternation illustrated by (6) is
interpreted as a reflex of an earlier stage of proto Niger-Congo, for which a basic OV-
syntax is postulated. Claudi (1993) argues for a historical development in the opposite
direction, suggesting that the OV-pattern is the result of a grammaticalisation process in
which the first transitive verb of a serial verb construction with S-V-O-V order was
reanalysed as an auxiliary. Generative theories account for the alternation in terms of
movement transformations. While Koopman (1983) argues that the VO-order is derived
from the OV-order by verb movement to a higher head position to the left of the object,
others take the VO-order as basic and assume that the OV-order is derived via leftward
movement of the direct object (see e.g. Aboh (2004), Fabb (1992), Kandybowicz &
Baker (2003) and Manfredi (1997) for different versions of this idea.) Güldemann (2007)
analyses the alternation in terms of information structure, proposing that the pre-verbal
position of the object is correlated with a decrease in pragmatic salience.
In some languages with the VO-OV alternation, oblique arguments may still follow
the verb, even when the direct object appears pre-verbally. This gives rise to the order S-
Aux-O-V-X, which was noted to be the only possible order in Mande, Senufo and
Songay. Since most of the languages with this word order are spoken in the same
geographic region (in the so-called "Macro-Sudan belt"; Güldemann 2008), they are
sometimes grouped together and treated on a par (for example, they are classified as
"verb-medial" languages by Gensler (1994, 1997), or as "Type B"-languages in Heine
(1976)). Although it is controversial whether the S-Aux-O-V-X constituent order is
actually a uniform phenomenon (see Creissels 2005, Good 2007 for discussion), it is
generally accepted that it is a characteristic property of a subset of African languages,
which is very rarely (if ever) found outside Africa.
The proportion of African languages with basic V-S-O constituent order seems to
correspond roughly to the relative number of V-S-O-languages worldwide. The least
controversial examples of African V-S-O languages are found in Nilo-Saharan, namely in
the Kuliak, Surmic and the Eastern and Southern Nilotic branches of Eastern Sudanic
(Bender 2000; Creider 1989; Dimmendaal 1983; König 2009b; Vossen 1983). Verb-
initial languages in Afro-Asiatic are Arabic, Ancient Egyptian and (more controversially)
Berber as well as a few Chadic languages (Comrie 1981; Creissels 2000; Schuh 2003).
Hadza, a Tanzanian language sometimes grouped with the Khoisan languages, has been
classified as V-S-O (Heine 1976; Watters 2000), but there seem to be no Niger-Congo
languages with basic V-S-O constituent order:
(7) c-It:a-kI-ta ilpa yan: alayen: m-c-kwcta.
3-tell-APPL-P.PAST P.M:men:NOM S.M:boy:ACC SUBJ -3-run
'The men told the boy to run.'
[Maasai; Eastern Nilotic; Nilo-Saharan]
[Koopman 2005: 281]
Finally, the universally rare basic O-V-S constituent order is found in transitive sentences
in the Western Nilotic ergative language Päri (Andersen 1988), and Malagasy, an
Austronesian language spoken on the island of Madagascar, has V-O-S constituent order
(Keenan 1979, Pearson 2001).
3. The noun phrase
In African languages, NPs whose nominal head precedes demonstrative, numeral and
adjectival modifiers are more frequent than N-final NPs, and the N-initial order is more
common in Africa than elsewhere in the world (Creissels 2000; Heine 1976, 2008):
(8) (K¬ku x¬) tavo qaxo xoxo at¬n ehe l¬ lc
(Koku buy:PERF) table big old NRAL DEM SPF
'(Koku bought) these specific three big old tables.'
[Gungbe; Kwa; Niger-Congo]
[Aboh 2004: 90]
(9) hikwa-ʾeeʾ ku-da kooʾan lowa hhooʾ
cattle-POSS.1.S INDEP.M/N-DEM five very nice
'those five very nice cows of mine'
[Iraqw; Cushitic; Afro-Asiatic]
[Mous 1993: 231]
Globally, the constituent order N-A-Num-Dem illustrated by the Gungbe-example in (8) is
the most frequent order in N-initial NPs (Cinque 2005; Greenberg 1963; Hawkins 1983).
The Iraqw-example in (9), which shows the order N-Dem-Num-A(P), is interesting
because Iraqw, despite being noun-initial, is a verb-final language. According to Creissels
(2000), the tendency of S-O-V languages to exhibit head-final order inside the NP is
actually quite weak in African languages, and one finds many languages with a rigid
noun-initial constituent order among the verb-final languages. Most East Cushitic
languages are like Iraqw in this respect (e.g. Somali, Gawwada and Boni; see Tosco
1994, 2003), as well as Kanuri, Tubu, Nubian and Fur, which belong to the Nilo-Saharan
phylum (Heine 1976).
An N-initial NP-order which is considered to be quite rare universally is the order N-
Num-A-Dem (Rijkhoff (2008) calls this constituent order "non-iconic"). Interestingly,
however, according to Heine (1980), this order is attested in various African languages,
namely in Gabra (Cushitic; Afro-Asiatic), in Logoli (Bantu; Niger-Congo) and in Luo
(Western Nilotic; Nilo-Saharan). According to Cinque (2005), the NP-order N-A-Dem-
Num is also found in only a few languages worldwide, but it is attested in the Kru-
language Godie (Marchese 1986: 19).
NPs with N-final constituent order are found in the Ethio-Semitic (Hayward 1998;
Kramer 2009) and some Cushitic languages of Afro-Asiatic (Schneider-Blum 2009), in
the Central Khoisan languages (Güldemann & Vossen 2000; Hagman 1977; Heine 1976),
and in the Ijoid languages of Niger-Congo:
Finally, Creissels (2000: 253) notes that in some African languages, adjectives are the
only modifiers that precede the noun, contrary to the generalisation that cross-
linguistically, adjectives tend to follow the noun. The order A-N-Num-Dem, for example,
(10) ɨnnäñña-n sost tɨllɨk' bet-otʃtʃ (ayyä-hu)
those-ACC three big house-P see-1.S
'(I saw) those three big houses.'
[Amharic; Ethio-Semitic; Afro-Asiatic]
[Ruth Kramer, p.c.]
(11) numa maama gogor: ŋg:
those two red axe
'those two red axes'
[Defaka; Ijoid; Niger-Congo]
[William Bennett, p.c.]
Notice that the order of the constituents in (10) and (11) is Dem-Num-A-N, which has
been argued to be the only possible order in N-final NPs (cf. Greenberg's (1963)
Universal 20; see Cinque 2005; Hawkins 1983).
NPs may also be "noun medial", with N selecting some modifiers to its right and some
to its left. Some of the N-medial orders that are uncommon universally do again occur in
African languages. For example, according to Cinque (2005: 319f.), the orders Dem-N-
Num-A and Dem-A-N-Num are found in very few languages worldwide. However, the
former word order is attested in Maasai (Koopman 2005), and the latter in Zande
(Rijkhoff 2008):
(12) ku-n-da mcsa-i are s:dan
P-F-that table-P.F:ACC P.F.two:ACC nice:P:ACC
'those two nice tables'
[Maasai; Eastern Nilotic; Nilo-Saharan]
[Koopman 2005: 281]
(13) gi rarai a-mangu biata-re
DEM heavy P-box three-DEF/here
'these three heavy boxes'
[Zande, Adamawa-Ubangi, Niger-Congo]
[Rijkhoff 2008: 802; attributed to Christopher Leone Daffalla, p.c.]
has been noted to exist in Gude (Afro-Asiatic) and in the Ngbandi-based creole Sango
(Niger-Congo) (see Cinque 2005: 320, fn 18).
Possessive modifiers commonly appear in post-nominal position in African languages
(cf. Heine 1976), athough there are some West African languages in which possessors are
the only modifiers that precede the noun (see Claudi 1993; Creissel 2000; Marchese
1986). A well-studied type of complex NP that is used to express possession in many
African languages is the associative construction (Welmers 1973), in which the possessor
and the possessee are linked by means of a grammatical marker. In the Bantu languages,
the associative marker a- shows agreement with the noun class of the preceding head
noun, the possessee (see Carstens 2000; Güldemann 1999):
(14) a. picha ya Mariamu
picture(9) ASS(9) Maria
'Maria's picture'
b. picha za Mariamu
picture(10) ASS(10) Maria
'Maria's pictures'
[Swahili; Bantu; Niger-Congo]
[Carstens 2000: 323]
Associative constructions are also found in the Central Khoisan languages. When the
possessor precedes its governing noun, as in (15a), a form of the associative marker di
appears between the possessor and the possessee which optionally agrees with the
following possessee. However, when the possessee is placed before the head noun, as in
(15b), agreement is obligatory (Güldemann & Vossen 2000):
(15) a. haugu-m d: (-s) ,`oan-sa
dog-S.M POSS(-S.F) bone-S.F
'dog's bone'
b. ,`oan-sa haugu-m d:-sa
bone-S.F dog-S.M POSS-S.F
'dog's bone'
[Naro; Central Khoisan; Khoisan]
[Güldemann & Vossen 2000: 114]
The associative construction is typically not restricted to possessor relations and can
express a much wider range of semantic associations, such as time, function, and
quantity. (Güldemann 1999; Welmers 1973). Welmers (1973) notes that in this respect,
the associative in Niger-Congo is similar to the so-called construct state (CS)
construction which is used to express similar semantic relations (including possession) in
the Semitic languages of Afro-Asiatic (Benmamoun 2000; Borer 1999; Ouhalla 2004):
(16) (*l-)kitaab-u ṭ-ṭaalib-i
(the-)book-NOM the-student-GEN
'the student's book'
[Standard Arabic; Semitic; Afro-Asiatic]
[Benmamoun 2000: 141]
A CS consists of the nominal head and a following possessor NP. The two members of a
CS construction must be adjacent and form a prosodic unit. As (16) shows, only the
rightmost noun can be marked for definiteness and combine with a determiner.
According to Creissels (2000: 243), definite articles are fairly common in African
languages. As the examples in (13) and (16) show, they are often realised as clitics or
affixes and attach to the first or last word of the NP with which they combine.
4. Pronouns
Pronouns in African languages may occur as independent word forms (so-called strong
pronouns), which usually have the same distribution as full NPs (DPs). Weak pronouns,
however, which are typically realised as clitics or affixes, are more common. In many
languages, the weak pronouns can co-occur with co-referential full NPs. They are
therefore often analysed as subject or object agreement markers, and may indeed be
functionally ambiguous in some African languages (see Bresnan & Mchombo 1987 for
A peculiar system of pronominal reference that exists in many African languages is
logophoricity (see e.g. Clements 1975; Culy 1994; Curnow 2002; Hagège 1974; Hyman
& Comrie 1981, and many others). Logophoric pronouns are used to refer to the person
whose speech or thoughts are reported. They therefore typically express obligatory co-
reference between the subject or object argument of an embedded clause and the subject
of the matrix clause. In (17a), for example, the use of the logophoric pronoun in the
embedded subject position indicates that the person whose statement is reported is also
the agent of the reported event. The use of a regular, unmarked pronoun in the same
context indicates non-coreferentiality, (17b):
(17) a. wu sat nu ui nas an
3.S.M say that LOG.3.S.M beat 1.S
said that he
beat me.'
b. wu sat nu wu nas an
3.S.M say that 3.S.M beat 1.S
said that he
beat me.'
[Mupun; Chadic; Afro-Asiatic]
[Frajzyngier 1993: 108]
Logophoric pronouns are found in Nilo-Saharan, Niger-Congo and Afro-Asiatic
languages spoken in the Macro-Sudan belt (Güldemann 2003, 2008). It has been noted
that logophoricity is an exclusively African phenomenon and that genuine logophoric
pronouns do not exist outside Africa (Heine 2008).
5. Adpositions
According to Watters (2000: 196), African languages tend to have fewer adpositions than
European languages, because semantic relations that are typically expressed by
prepositions in the latter are often expressed by other grammatical means in the former.
For example, while locatives are PPs in a language such as English, they are realised as
NPs with locative morphology in most Bantu languages. Interestingly, however, in some
Bantu languages, locative morphology seems to have undergone a process of
degrammaticalisation, and locative prefixes have become reanalysed synchronically as
prepositions (Marten 2010). In many other African languages, adpositions are derived
from nouns referring to body parts or from verbs with locative or existential meanings
(Ameka 1995; Heine 1989; Nikitina 2009). Therefore, the synchronic classification of an
element as belonging to the word category "adposition" is not always straightforward.
In the Northern Khoisan language J u]`hoan, a postpositional locative phrase that
follows the theme NP in a ditransitive construction is obligatorily preceded by the
element ko or kē (depending on the dialect), giving rise to a construction that resembles a
circumpositional phrase, (18a). Interestingly, however, the order of locative and theme
can also be inverted in J u]`hoan, (18b):
(18) a. Uto dchuun-a ,Kaece ko n!ama n!ang.
car hit-TRANS ,Kaece LK road in
'A car hit ,Kaece in the road.'
b. Uto dchuun-a n!ama n!ang ko ,Kaece.
car hit-TRANS road in LK ,Kaece
'A car hit ,Kaece in the road.'
[J u,`hoan (!Xun); Northern Khoisan; Khoisan]
[Collins 2003: 9]
The marker ko/kē does not only combine with locatives and themes, but also with
instrumentals and benefactives. Therefore, König (2009a) analyses ko/kē as a
semantically empty preposition. Güldemann & Vossen (2000) label this element a
"multipurpose oblique marker", Dickens (2005) refers to it as a ""transitive particle", and
Baker & Collins (2002) simply call it a "linker". Baker & Collins show that the linker
element is also found in the Benue-Congo languages Yoruba and Kinande (Bantu). In the
latter language, the linker agrees in noun class with the preceding NP:
(19) a. Mo-n-a-hir-ire okugulu k' omo-kihuna.
AFF-1.S-TNS-put-EXT leg(15) LK(15) LOC(18)-hole(7)
'I put the leg in the hole.'
b. Mo-n-a-hir-ire omo-kihuna m' okugulu.
AFF-1.S-TNS-put-EXT LOC(18)-hole(7) LK(18) leg(15)
'I put the leg in the hole.'
[Kinande; Bantu; Niger-Congo]
[Baker & Collins 2002: 311]
Because of its agreement properties, Baker & Collins (2002) and Collins (2003) do not
analyse the linker as a preposition, but as the head of a functional projection within the
extended VP whose specifier can host different arguments of the verb.
6. Adjecti ves and adverbs
Adjectives are generally rare in African languages, particularly in the Niger-Congo
phylum, where many languages only have a very small number of genuine, non-derived
adjectives (Creissels 2000: 249). This is partly because many predicates which are
expressed as adjectives in the European languages are stative verbs in African languages
(Watters 2000: 195). Attributively used adjectives that modify nouns are often realised as
subject relative clauses.
The overwhelming majority (96%) of Heine's sample of ca. 300 African languages
exhibits the AP-internal order Adj-Adv (Heine 1976: 24). Examples of languages in
which adverbs precede adjectives are found in the Afro-Asiatic phylum, e.g. in the Ethio-
Semitic language Amharic (Kramer 2009) and in the Cushitic languages Iraqw and Qafar
(Hayward 1998; Mous 1993):
(20) nabam xeera
very tall/long
'very tall/long'
[Qafar; Cushitic; Afro-Asiatic]
[Hayward 1998: 625]
7. Relative clauses
In most African languages, relative clauses follow their head nouns:
(21) p`on ga ma m-ak-iny na
boy REL 1.S 1.S-see-OBJ .3.S DEF
'the boy who I saw'
[Bagirmi; Central Sudanic; Nilo-Saharan]
[Dryer 2007: 192]
The object relative clause in (21) is introduced by a segmental relative marker and
includes a resumptive pronominal clitic which is co-referential with the head noun. One
also finds African languages in which relative clauses are marked by verbal inflection or
tone (e.g. Bantu languages such as Bemba; Kula & Cheng 2007), or in which relative
clauses are marked through constituent order (which according to Vossen 1983 is the
case in the Nilo-Saharan language Oxoryok).
Pre-nominal relative clauses are found in Amharic (Hudson 1997; Kramer 2009; see
Kayne 1994 and Ouhalla 2004 for generative analyses), in Khoe (Den Besten 2002) and
in Ijo (Givón 1975; J enewari 1983):
(22) Boma wa fẹ inji mẹ sọarị
Boma we buy:TNS fish the cook:TNS
'Boma is cooking the fish that we bought.'
[Ijo; Ijoid, Niger-Congo]
[J enewari 1983: 101]
Internally-headed relative clauses have been noted to exist in the Mande language
Bambara (see Bird 1968; Comrie 1981; Watters 2000) and in the Gur languages Moore
(Tellier 1989) and Buli (Hiraiwa 2003):
(23) n dc Àtìm lī da manɡo-kūːy dìe la.
1.S ate Atim COMP bought mango-REL yesterday PART
'I ate a mango that Atim bought yesterday.'
[Buli; Gur; Niger-Congo]
[Hiraiwa 2003: 63]
Note that the constituent order in Moore and Buli is S-V-O. Therefore, the existence of
internally-headed relative clauses in these Gur languages contradicts the typological
generalisation that universally, internally-headed relatives are only found in OV-
languages (see Hiraiwa 2003 for discussion).
8. Multiclausal constructions and serial verbs
Although coordination and subordination are often expressed simply via juxtaposition in
African languages (Creissels 2000; Watters 2000), the use of complementisers and
conjunctions is not uncommon. In many African languages, complementisers are
grammaticalised forms of a verb of "saying":
(24) Musa kpe ganan etsu du nakan. (cf. gan, 'say')
Musa know COMP chief cook meat
'Musa knows that the chief cooked the meat.'
[Nupe; Benue-Congo; Niger-Congo]
[Kandybowicz 2008: 43]
Many African languages coordinate sentences by means of the so-called consecutive
construction, which is used to express a succession of events that chronologically follow
each other. The first verb determines the tense, while the following verb (or series of
verbs) is formally marked as "sequential", "subsecutive" or "narrative" (Carlson 1992;
Creissels 2000; Hyman 1971; Watters 2000):
(25) c-a-imuj-i ckasukow-ut k-iyar-a-kin- .
3.S-PAST-eat-ASP old.man-NOM 3.SUBSEC-belch-DAT-VOC
'The old man ate and then belched.'
[Turkana; Eastern Nilotic; Nilo-Saharan]
[Dimmendaal 1983: 176; Carlson 1992: 76]
Consecutive constructions are sometimes compared to the converbial constructions that
are characteristic of the Ethio-Semitic and Cushitic languages of Afro-Asiatic, and that
also exist in some Nilo-Saharan languages (Amha & Dimmendaal 2006). Converbs are
similar to subsecutive verbs in that they may be specified for PNG-agreement and aspect,
but not for tense, which is only expressed on the main verb.
Another type of complex clause with multiple verbs which is particularly common in
West African Niger-Congo languages is the serial verb construction (SVC). A SVC is a
succession of two or more verbs (plus their complements, if they are selected) within the
same clause (there is no overt conjunction or complementiser). All verbs share a
grammatical subject and have the same tense/aspect specification, and the different
actions expressed by the verbs in a SVC are conceptualised as a single event (see e.g.
Aboh 2009; Baker 1989; Bamgbose 1974; Collins 1997; Ekundayo & Akinnaso 1983;
Welmers 1973, among many others):
(26) àhì hû ólo chu.
we take load put.on.head
'We carried the load.'
[Igede; Benue-Congo; Niger-Congo]
[Bamgbose 1974: 17]
Another characteristic feature of SVCs illustrated by the example in (26) is argument
sharing: when the first verb in the sequence is transitive, its internal argument is typically
also an argument of the second verb. Baker (1989) argues that the "shared" argument in
SVCs is theta-marked by both verbs. Collins (1997) proposes instead that the second verb
projects its own VP and selects an unpronounced pronominal argument which is
controlled by the internal argument of the first verb. In contrast, Aboh (2009) analyses
the first verb in SVCs as a realisation of a functional "light" verb and argues that the
object NP is in fact not a shared argument of both verbs, but only theta-marked by the
SVCs are also found in Nilo-Saharan (Mekoulnodji, Melick & Moeller 2010), in the
Chadic languages of Afro-Asiatic (Frajzyngier 1993), and in the Khoisan languages
(Collins 2002; Dickens 2005; Kilian-Hatz 2006; König 2009a; Sebba 1995):
(27) Mi m a n]oa `m !ha.
1.S EMPH FUT cook eat meat
'I will cook and eat meat (repeatedly).
[J u]`hoan (!Xun); Northern Khoisan; Khoisan]
[Collins 2002: 17]
As (27) shows, the two verbs in SVCs in Northern Khoisan must be adjacent; a shared
object will always follow the verb complex, which is never interrupted by any
grammatical material. Collins (1997, 2002) therefore terms the verb complexes in
Northern Khoisan SVCs verbal compounds. He suggests that constructions such as (27)
have the same underlying syntax as SVCs in Niger-Congo, but that verbal compounds in
Northern Khoisan are derived by movement of the lower verb past the object NP to a
position adjacent to the higher verb.
9. Topic and Focus
African languages use a variety of syntactic means to express aspects of information
structure (for recent overviews and individual analyses, see e.g. Aboh, Hartmann &
Zimmermann (2007); Bearth (1999); Ermisch (2009); Fiedler & Schwarz (2010)). The
standard way of marking an element as a topic is by means of left or right dislocation.
Typically, the fronted or extraposed topic is picked up by a resumptive pronoun or
pronominal clitic in the comment clause (see e.g. Bresnan & Mchombo 1987). As for
focus, the most common strategy of marking something as new information, which
probably exists in all African languages (Watters 2000: 216), is the cleft construction. In
clefts, the focused constituent is introduced by a copula and modified by a relative clause:
(28) nuhna ina nu-?abruhat zu-ru?ena
we COP OM-Abrahat REL-saw:1.P
'It is we who saw Abrahat.'
[Tigrinya; Semitic; Afro-Asiatic]
[Gragg 1974: 75]
Focus can also be marked by displacement of the focused constituent (focus movement)
in many African languages:
(29) maalop o co cuucuuwo n:
rice he AUX sow FOC
'It is rice that he is sowing.'
[Kisi; Southern Atlantic; Niger-Congo]
[Childs 2003: 134]
In addition, many African languages mark information structure by grammatical
elements, such as topic or focus particles or special verbal affixes. For example, Kisi
focus constructions such as (29) include the invariant clause-final focus marker ni (Childs
2009). In Somali (Cushitic, Afro-Asiatic), focus markers are obligatory in declarative
main clauses and must immediately follow the preverbal focused constituent (Saeed
1984; Svolacchia et al. 1995; Lecarme 1999). In !Xun (Northern Khoisan), a suffixal
focus marker is attached to the focused constituent in the left periphery, while the rest of
the clause is separated from the focus by means of a topic marker (König 2009a, c). In
Hausa (Chadic; Afro-Asiatic), focus constructions are marked by an optional focus-
marking copula as well as special morphology on the verb (Green 2007; J aggar 2001;
Newman 2000; Tuller 1986; Wolff 1993).
The Central Khoisan SOV-language Khoekhoegowab (Nama) has a sentence-initial
position in which both topicalised and focused constituents (including wh-phrases) can
occur (Den Besten 2002; Haacke 2006; Hagman 1977; Rust 1965; Westphal 1971):
(30) Tara-s-a b ge ao-b-a ra mu.
woman-3.F.S-OBL he DECL man-3.M.S-OBL ASP see
'THE WOMAN, he – the man – is seeing.'
[Khoekhoegowab; Central Khoisan; Khoisan]
[Haacke 2006: 117]
The focused object in (30) is followed by a subject clitic (b), which always attaches to the
fronted constitutent, while the lexical subject NP follows the declarative particle ge
(Haacke 2006). According to Den Besten (2002), the declarative particle signals the
second position of the clause, and he suggests that constructions such as (30) are to some
extent comparable to verb-second constructions in the Germanic languages.
In some African languages, focused constituents appear in clause-final position
(Watters 2000: 216). This is the case, for example, in the Bantu language Kirundi
(Ndayiragije 1999):
(31) Yohani a-a-oogeje neeza imiduga.
J ohn 3.S-PAST-wash:PERF well cars
'J ohn washed cars well (not trucks).'
[Kirundi; Bantu; Niger-Congo]
[Ndayiragije 1999: 411]
In many other Bantu languages, focused constituents instead appear in the so-called IAV
("immediately after the verb") position (Buell 2009; Watters 1979). For example, in the
Grassfield Bantu language Aghem, an SVO-language, contrastive focus on the subject is
expressed by V-S-O constituent order:
(32) a m¬ zi a-fin bc-'k¬.
EXPL PAST eat friends fufu
'The FRIENDS ate the fufu.'
[Aghem; Bantu; Niger-Congo]
[Watters 1979: 146]
The IAV-position is also involved in focus phenomena in some verb-initial languages.
According to Koopman (2005: 291), focused objects can appear between the verb and the
subject in the Eastern Nilotic VSO-language Maasai, producing V-O-S constituent order,
and Dimmendaal (1983: 426) notes that the same position is available for certain
contrastively focused adverbs in Turkana (another verb-initial Eastern Nilotic language).
Tuller (1992) shows that the Chadic VSO-language Podoko (Afro-Asiatic) also licenses
focused material in the IAV position.
Finally, some African languages use verb copying to mark certain types of focus:
(33) le a le saka
eat we eat rice
'We are really EATING rice.'
[Vata; Kru; Niger-Congo]
[Koopman 1983: 38]
(34) Musa e gí bise gí.
Musa PRES eat hen eat
'Musa IS IN FACT eating a hen.'
[Nupe; Benue-Congo; Niger-Congo]
[Kandybowicz 2008: 47]
In (33), verb focus is expressed by means of a predicate cleft construction in which a
focused verb in the left periphery of the clause is doubled by a resumptive verbal copy
(Childs 2003; Dimmendaal 1983; Koopman 1983). (34) is a so-called "emphatic
declarative", which expresses polarity focus by means of verbal repetition, i.e. the
occurrence of two non-distinct verbal copies within the same clause (Kandybowicz 2008;
Smith 1970).
10. Question formation
In most African languages, the same strategies that are used in focus constructions are
also used to form content (constituent, wh-) questions. Wh-clefts are common in many
languages (see e.g. Adesola 2006; Zerbian 2006), and wh-movement constructions and
yes/no (polar) questions are often accompanied by interrogative and/or focus markers.
Indirect questions in African languages are typically formed by means of a generic noun
plus relative clause ("I ask the thing you want"), although some African languages also
express indirect questions by means of wh-pronouns (Watters 2000).
The Berber wh-construction in (35) illustrates the so-called Anti-Agreement Effect,
which is associated with subject questions in various African languages:
(35) Man tamghart ay yzrin (*t-zra) Mohand?
which woman:S.F COMP saw:AA (3.S.F-see) Mohand
'Which woman saw Mohand?'
[Berber; Afro-Asiatic]
[Ouhalla 1993: 479]
Ouhalla (1993) observes that in Berber, an extracted 3
-person wh-subject cannot trigger
-person agreement on the verb. Instead of the verb form tzra, an invariant, non-
agreeing form of the verb is used in (35). A similar deviation from the default 3
agreement form is observed in subject questions and relative clauses in some Niger-
Congo languages. In Kinande (Bantu), for example, the regular subject agreement marker
of noun class 1 (a-) is systematically replaced by u- in such constructions (Schneider-
Zioga 2007). Although the Anti-Agreement effect is usually taken to be a reflex of (local)
operator movement, it also shows up in wh-in situ constructions in some African
languages, for example in the Benue-Congo language Ibibio (Baker 2008).
Another interesting phenomenon that is associated with subject questions in Niger-
Congo languages such as Vata (Kru) or Yoruba (Benue-Congo) is illustrated by (36):
(36) ta ni *(o ) n ta isu?
who FOC 3.S ASP sell yams
'Who is selling yams in the market?'
[Yoruba; Benue-Congo; Niger-Congo]
[Carstens 1985: 39]
As (36) shows, subject questions in Yoruba require a resumptive pronoun in the subject
position when the subject has undergone wh-movement. Object wh-phrases, in contrast,
do not license resumption (see Carstens 1985; Koopman 1982; Sonaiya 1989).
11. Passive and raising
Passive constructions exist in many African languages. The following examples are from
(37) a. Igitabo cy-a-haa-w-e umugo re n'-umugabo.
book SM-PAST-give-PASS-ASP woman by-man
'The book was given to the woman by the man.'
b. Umugore y-a-haa-w-e igitabo n'-umugabo.
woman SM-PAST-give-PASS-ASP book by-man
'The woman was given the book by the man.'
(38) Ib:ro b:ne bi-pim-w-a n'-:ki gitabo.
kilos four SM-weigh-PASS-ASP by.this book
lit.: 'Four kilos are weighed by this book.'
[Kinyarwanda; Bantu;Niger-Congo]
[Kimenyi 1976: 128-9]
In the examples in (37) and (38), the logical object is realised as the subject of the
sentence, a transformation that is analysed in terms of NP-movement in generative
theories. The thematic subject argument no longer functions as the grammatical subject,
but instead is optionally realised as the complement of a preposition (the so-called "by-
phrase"). As (37) shows, Kinyarwanda is a "symmetrical" language, because either object
of a ditransitive verb can be passivised. In contrast, "asymmetrical" Bantu languages such
as e.g. Chicheŵa allow only one internal argument (usually the indirect object) of a
ditransitive verb to be promoted to subject position (see Bresnan & Moshi 1990). (38)
shows that Kinyarwanda also allows for the passivisation of "adverbial" objects, with a
non-agentive subject in the by-phrase (see Kimenyi 1976: 127ff.).
Not all African languages have the type of passive construction illustrated by (37). For
example, Heine (1976: 41) notes that "genuine" passive constructions do not exist in
many West African languages. Instead, some of these languages use the so-called 'they'-
passive, i.e. an active sentence with a generically used pronominal third-person plural
Khwe (Central Khoisan) has a regular passive in which the theme/patient is realised as
the subject and the agent as a by-phrase, (39a). However, in an alternative passive
construction, no agent subject can occur, and the theme/patient remains grammatically
marked as the object, (39b) (Kilian-Hatz 2009):
(39) a. ǂ`ṹ a ǂ`ṹ-can-ata apa-a ka.
food FOC eat-PASS-PAST dog-OBL by
'The food was eaten by the dog.'
b. heutu-hc c tc` ã-i-ta.
car-3.S.F OM steal-PASS-PAST
'The car was stolen.', 'One has stolen the car.'
[Khwe; Central Khoisan; Khoisan]
[Kilian-Hatz 2009: 223, 228]
Passive constructions similar to (39b) are also found elsewhere in Africa. For example,
according to Creider (1989), passives are marked morphologically in the Eastern Nilotic
languages, but the thematic object does not receive nominative case and is not promoted
to subject position. The opposite seems to be the case in Supyire (Gur; Niger-Congo).
Carlson (1994) notes that passives are not marked morphologically in Supyire, but that a
passive construction is formed by realising the thematic object of a transitive verb as the
Another type of construction that is analysed in terms of NP-movement in generative
syntactic theories is raising. In standard raising constructions, the subject of an embedded
infinitive appears as the subject or object of the main clause (e.g. John
seems t
to love
Mary). However, many African languages allow for so-called Hyperraising-constructions
in which the logical subject of an embedded finite clause is realised as the matrix subject
or object. In (40), for example, the thematic subject argument of the embedded verb has
become the subject of the main clause, where it triggers subject agreement with the verb:
(40) I-nzovu z-aa-mcnyeekan-ye ko z-iish-e
PV-elephant(10) SM(10)-PAST-be.known-PERF that SM(10)-kill-PERF
'Elephants are renowned for having killed those people.'
[Kiruúndi; Bantu; Niger-Congo]
[Harford (Perez) 1985: 2]
Hyperraising constructions are found in many Bantu languages (see Diercks to appear;
Harford (Perez) 1985; Zeller 2006) and also elsewhere in Niger-Congo (see e.g. Ura
1998), in Nilo-Saharan (Creider 1989; J ake & Odden 1979) and in Afro-Asiatic (Sadiqi
12. Conclusion
In this article I have discussed various aspects of the syntax of African languages. I have
shown which basic constituent orders are attested and how particular grammatical
constructions are realised in different languages. I have drawn attention to construction
types which are attested in typologically unrelated languages from different families or
phyla, and I have highlighted attributes that are characteristic of African languages but
that are rarely, or not at all, found outside Africa. The phenomena discussed in this
review illustrate the enormous wealth of interesting data from African languages, many
of which raise challenging questions, and sometimes pose non-trivial problems, for
existing syntactic theories.
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In this review, I mainly provide examples from the literature. I have made no attempt to unify the
phonetic notations, and in general have adopted each language example from the source in its original
form. By and large, this also applies to the glosses, although here I have tried to some extent to harmonise
the abbreviations. I have also on occasion added or modified glosses when I was sufficiently familiar with
the language or when I was able to find the necessary information in another source. In a few cases, I have
taken the liberty to simplify the glosses when a relevant function or distinction was not crucial for the
particular phenomenon I wanted to illustrate by an example. Examples are glossed as follows: 1, 2, 3 =
first, second, third person; AA =anti-agreement; ACC =accusative; AFF =affirmative; APPL =applicative
marker; ASP =aspect; ASS =associative; AUX =auxiliary; COMP =complementiser; COP =copula; DAT =
dative; DECL =declarative; DEF =definiteness marker; DEM =demonstrative; EMPH =emphasis; EXPL =
expletive; EXT =extension; FACT =factative; F =feminine; FOC =focus marker; FUT =future tense; GEN
=genitive; INDEP =independent; IOM =indirect object marker; LK =linker; LOG =logophoric pronoun; M
=masculine; N =neuter; NEG =negation; NOM =nominative; NRAL =numeral; NUM =number; OBL =
oblique; OM =object marker; P =plural; PART =particle; PASS =passive; PAST =past tense; PERF =
perfective; PM =predicative marker; PO =postposition; POSS =possessive; PREF =prefix; PRES =present
tense; PV =pre-vowel; REL =relative marker; S =singular; SM =subject marker; SPF =specificity; SUBJ =
subjunctive; SUBSEC =subsecutive marker; TNS =tense; TRANS =transitivity; VOC =voice. In some of the
Bantu-examples, the basic noun class of the nouns and noun class agreement on grammatical elements is
marked through numbers in brackets, according to Meinhof's (1906) numbering system of Proto-Bantu.
Notice that the notion of "basic" constituent order must not be confused with that of "underlying"
constituent order in generative syntactic theories, which is determined by a (possibly universal) initial
syntactic configuration from which surface word orders are derived by movement.
Afrikaans, a West Germanic verb-second language spoken in South Africa and Namibia, also has a basic
S-O-V constituent order (Den Besten 2002; Robbers 1997).
I am indebted to Ruth Kramer and Will Bennett for providing me with the Amharic and Defaka data.


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Hotel 2 Magnolie
Piancogno (0.3km from town centre)
Situated in Piancogno, Hotel 2 Magnolie provides a garden, terrace and bar. All rooms feature a flat-screen TV with satellite channels and a private bathroom. Free WiFi is included. All units at the hotel are fitted with a seating area. Certain rooms include a kitchenette with a fridge and a stovetop. Guest rooms include a desk. A continental breakfast is available every morning at the property. Guests at Hotel 2 Magnolie will be able to enjoy
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B&B I Viandanti
Piancogno (1.0km from town centre)
Featuring a garden with swimming pool, B&B I Viandanti enjoys views over the mountains of Valcamonica valley. The property is set in a peaceful area in Piamborno and offers free bicycle rental. With mountain views, rooms have parquet floors and a flat-screen TV. The private bathroom is complete with a shower, free toiletries and hairdryer. A sweet buffet breakfast is offered every morning. Savoury dishes are available upon request. B&B I Viand
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La Sognata
Piancogno (1.2km from town centre)
La Sognata is 10 minutes drive from Piancogno. This working farm offers accommodation with a terrace, a traditional restaurant and a wellness area. Cheese, meat and sausages are produced on site. With free Wi-Fi and a coffee machine, apartments at La Sognata have a double bedroom, a seating area and a fully equipped kitchenette. Some apartments have stone walls. Guests can relax in the furnished garden or in the wellness area, including a hot
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La casa di Clara
Esine (2.3km from town centre)
Situated in Esine, La casa di Clara boasts a garden. With a shared lounge, the bed and breakfast has air-conditioned rooms with free WiFi, each with a private bathroom. Free private parking is available on site. At the bed and breakfast, rooms are equipped with a wardrobe and a flat-screen TV. The rooms have a seating area. Guests at La casa di Clara can enjoy an Italian breakfast. Riva del Garda is 46 km from the accommodation, while Brescia
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Baiti Villa Franzoni
Borno (2.6km from town centre)
Baiti Villa Franzoni is a detached holiday home set in Ossimo, 4 km from Borno. Free private parking is available on site. The kitchen is fitted with an oven, a microwave and a fridge, as well as a coffee machine. Towels and bed linen are featured in this holiday home. Other facilities at Baiti Villa Franzoni include a barbecue. A range of activities are offered in the area, such as cycling, skiing and hiking. Lake Iseo is a 30-minute drive fro
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Borno B&B
Borno (3.4km from town centre)
Offering a mountain location in northern Lombardy, Borno B&B is located in Borno, 1 km from Boario-Borno ski lift. It provides free parking and simply furnished rooms with free Wi-Fi. Rooms are decorated with light colours and feature wood furniture. They all come with shared bathroom and some have a patio or terrace overlooking the Alps. TVs are available on request. Your day starts with a rich breakfast buffet. This includes traditional Itali
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Hotel San Martino
Boario Terme (3.5km from town centre)
This 4-star hotel is set in the small hamlet of Boario Terme. It offers a modern wellness centre with heated indoor pool and air-conditioned rooms with free bathrobes and slippers. Hotel San Martino's wellness centre includes a sauna, Turkish bath and a hydromassage room with chromotherapy. The steam bath can be reserved for couples and there are also beauty treatment rooms and a solarium. Rooms here are bright and spacious and include a TV, mi
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Albergo Venturelli
Borno (3.5km from town centre)
Surrounded by the Alps, the 4-star Albergo Venturelli is centrally located in the mountain village of Borno. Wi-Fi, private parking and a shuttle to the nearest ski slopes are all free of charge. Rooms are decorated in a classic style and come with parquet floors and wrought-iron beds. Facilities include a flat-screen TV with satellite channels and minibar. Some rooms offer mountain views. Hot drinks and both sweet and savoury food are availabl
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Bed & Breakfast Al Mulino
Darfo (3.6km from town centre)
Featuring a garden and a stone building, Bed & Breakfast Al Mulino offers a room with wood-beamed ceilings. Located a 5-minute drive from the thermal baths of Boario Terme, it has free WiFi. Each room here will provide you with a flat-screen TV. The private bathroom comes with a shower. A breakfast including cold cuts, cheese and sweet products is served daily in a shared area. Bikes can be rented on site. Free parking is provided. Al Mulino
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Albergo Il Castellino
Boario Terme (4.0km from town centre)
Located in Boario Terme, Albergo Il Castellino boasts free bikes, garden and shared lounge. Featuring free shuttle service, this property also boasts a restaurant and a sun terrace. The accommodation offers free WiFi throughout the property. The units in the hotel are fitted with a flat-screen TV with satellite channels. Albergo Il Castellino provides some units with mountain views, and each room comes with a private bathroom. The rooms include
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Villa Liberty
Boario Terme (4.0km from town centre)
Set in central Boario Terme, just 350 metres from the train station, Villa Liberty is a renovated an antique villa built in the 19th-century building that offers rooms with mountain views.. The rooms come with a balcony, a TV and air conditioning. They have a work desk and an en suite bathroom with free toiletries and hairdryer. A sweet breakfast is served at the bar and includes coffee and croissants. Shops and restaurants are available less t
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Albergo Sorriso
Boario Terme (4.1km from town centre)
Albergo Sorriso is located in the centre of Boario Terme and only 100 metres from the spa. It offers rooms with a mountain view. Wi-Fi throughout is free. The rooms come with an LCD TV and carpeted floors. The bathroom is complete with a hairdryer and free toiletries. The Sorriso features a continental breakfast. An American breakfast is available on request. The restaurant serves traditional local cuisine, including a special pasta dish Casonc
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Hotel ValleD'Oro
Borno (4.2km from town centre)
Hotel ValleD'Oro offers rooms in Borno. Featuring free shuttle service, this property also boasts a restaurant and a children's playground. The property provides mountain views, a terrace, and free WiFi is available. At the hotel, every room is equipped with a desk. The private bathroom is equipped with free toiletries. At Hotel ValleD'Oro rooms are equipped with a wardrobe and a flat-screen TV. An Italian breakfast is available each morning at
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Rizzi Aquacharme Hotel & Spa
Boario Terme (4.2km from town centre)
Set close to Boario Terme Spa Park Resort, Rizzi Acquacharme Hotel offers exclusive, modern accommodation along with great spa facilities of its own. Prepare to be pampered. Stylish Hotel Rizzi Acquacharme is home to a 750m² spa containing an indoor pool, a sauna, Turkish baths, a gym and a Kneipp spa. There is also a relaxation area where you can enjoy herbal teas, and a treatment area. Relax and enjoy the beautiful scenery from the sixth-floo
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La Baita
Boario Terme (4.3km from town centre)
Just 200 metres from Boario Terme hot springs, La Baita offers mountain-style rooms with wood floors and wooden furniture. Rooms have an elegant design with wrought-iron beds. Each one includes free Wi-Fi, an LCD TV and a private bathroom with shower. Some have a view of the hot springs. A sweet Italian breakfast is served each morning. Special diets can also be catered for. Guests can find a Mediterranean cuisine restaurant next door. Set in
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Hotel San Marco BB
Boario Terme (4.3km from town centre)
Situated in Boario Terme centre, Hotel San Marco BB boasts a seasonal outdoor pool and a ski pass sales point. Free WiFi and free private parking are available on site. Boario thermal baths are a 3-minute walk away. Every room comes with a flat-screen TV. Extras include free toiletries and a hairdryer. A sweet and savoury breakfast is served daily including eggs, bacon, cakes and gluten-free items. Guests can enjoy the on-site bar. There is a
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Albergo Marcella
Boario Terme (4.4km from town centre)
Just 300 metres from the town's thermal spa, Albergo Marcella is also 5 minutes' walk from Boario Terme Train Station and bus terminus. Its restaurant serves Lombardy specialities. All rooms have a classic design and offer panoramic views across the town. They all come with a TV, free Wi-Fi access and a private bathroom. Some have a balcony. Marcella's restaurant is open for breakfast, lunch and dinner and offers Italian cuisine and traditional
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Albergo Milano
Boario Terme (4.4km from town centre)
Featuring a garden, Hotel Milano offers classic accommodation in Boario Terme. The property is a 5-minute walk from Boario Terme Train Station which takes you to Brescia and Edolo. With free Wi-Fi, rooms feature city views, some units have air conditioning. The private bathroom comes with a shower and hairdryer. A sweet and savoury breakfast buffet is served daily. There is also a bar and a restaurant on site. Hotel Milano is 10 km from the Al
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Hotel Excelsior Palace
Boario Terme (4.4km from town centre)
Offering panoramic views across the town, Hotel Excelsior Palace is just above Parco delle Terme di Boario. It offers a modern wellness centre with 50 different types of massage. The Excelsior Palace is at the foot of Monte Altissimo and just 10 minutes' walk from Boario Terme Train Station. A free shuttle bus is available on request. Rooms here also come with a flat-screen TV, safe and a private bathroom with hairdryer, toiletries and bathrobe
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Hotel Brescia
Boario Terme (4.6km from town centre)
Hotel Brescia is 100 metres from Boario Terme's Spa, and offers free garage parking, and a typical Alpine restaurant. Rooms are all en suite, and include free Wi-Fi. The Brescia's bar is open all day. Daily menus and business lunches are available at the restaurant. Rooms at Brescia Hotel come with soft carpeted floors and flat-screen TV with satellite channels. Breakfast is a varied buffet including sweet and savoury food.
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i wld like to ask. im applying as an individual applicant. will my referee be able to see the rest of my application? or will he be only able to see the portion where he has to input the referee report?
thanks in advance!
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My tutor could only see the reference part (I'm applying as an individual as well).
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Sure, "Pacific Rim" promises epic combat between towering monsters and robots. Trouble is, we couldn't name any of these behemoths if our cityscapes depended on it. That got us thinking: What if we recast the larger-than-life flick with more familiar monster and robot Dream Teams? Here are our picks for a clash of the more recognizable titans.
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All hail the MJ, er, King of the Monsters. Since 1954, Godzilla has loomed large in pop culture with more than 25 cinematic appearances and numerous stomps through other media.
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Spice Stellar Mi-508 smartphone was launched in August 2014. The phone comes with a 5.00-inch touchscreen display with a resolution of 480 pixels by 854 pixels.
The Spice Stellar Mi-508 is powered by 1.3GHz dual-core it comes with 512MB of RAM. The phone packs 4GB of internal storage that can be expanded up to 32GB via a microSD card. As far as the cameras are concerned, the Spice Stellar Mi-508 packs a 8-megapixel primary camera on the rear and a 2-megapixel front shooter for selfies.
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- Check the Android version to verify compatibility of Quatropus Experimental Puzzler with Spice Stellar Mi-508.
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- Click the download button to download Quatropus Experimental Puzzler in Spice Stellar Mi-508.
- Once the download and installation are complete, find Quatropus Experimental Puzzler in your home screen and tap the icon to open it.
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