Languages

• Fieldwork (January 2023)

  • Items from the Swadesh list in H and L tone contexts

  • 5696 tokens by 8 speakers

• Fieldwork (March 2023)

  • Items from the Swadesh list in H and L tone contexts

  • 2208 tokens by 2 speakers

P-17 Nthambeleni, Netshisaulu, Matodzi Raphalalani & Seunghun J. Lee (2024) Passive constructions in Tshivenḓa (S20), Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, Journal of the Institute of Language Research 29(44). [LINK]

• Fieldwork 

  • Items from the Swadesh list in H and L tone contexts

  • 4296 tokens by 3 speakers

P-15 Pretorius, Rigardt & Omphemetse Maleka (2024) Passive constructions in Setswana (S31).  Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, Journal of the Institute of Language Research 29(42). [LINK]

C-14. LEE, Seunghun J., Rigardt PRETORIUS, Omphemetse MALEKA (2024) Laryngeal contrast in Tswana plosives. 12th Southern African Microlinguistics Workshop (SAMWOP-12). Witwatersrand University. 28 November, 2024. 

• Fieldwork  (January 2023)

  • Items from the Swadesh list in H and L tone contexts

  • 5696 tokens by 8 speakers

• Fieldwork (March 2023)

  • Items from the Swadesh list in H and L tone contexts

  • 8544 tokens by 12 speakers

P-18 Mphasha, Lekau, Sannah Baker & Seunghun J. Lee (2024) Passive constructions in Northern Sotho (S32) Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, Journal of the Institute of Language Research 29(45). [LINK]

• Fieldwork (July 2023)

  • Items from the Swadesh list in H and L tone contexts

  • 7736 tokens by 9 speakers

P-20 Matjotjo, Masehloho & Seunghun J. Lee (2024) Passive construction in Sesotho (S33). Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, Journal of the Institute of Language Research 29(47). [LINK]

• Fieldwork (March 2023)

  • Items from the Swadesh list in H and L tone contexts

  • 712 tokens by 1 speaker

• Fieldwork (July 2023)

  • 4602 tokens by 5 speakers

P-12 Bennett, William G. & Thanduxolo E. Fatyi (2024) The Passive expression in isiXhosa (S41). Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, Journal of the Institute of Language Research No.29(39). [LINK]

• Fieldwork (March 2023)

  • Items from the Swadesh list in H and L tone contexts

  • 712 tokens by 1 speaker

P-13 Didi, Mfundo Didi & Seunghun J. Lee (2024) Passive construction in IsiZulu (S42). Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, Journal of the Institute of Language Research 29(40). [LINK]

• Fieldwork (March 2023)

  • Items from the Swadesh list in H and L tone contexts

  • 5696 tokens by 8 speakers

• Fieldwork (July 2023)

  • Items from the Swadesh list in H and L tone contexts

  • 560 tokens by 1 speaker

P-16 Nkuna, Khulisile Judith, Sikhumbuzo Sibusiso Khoza & Seunghun J. Lee (2024) Passive construction in Siswati (S53). Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, Journal of the Institute of Language Research 29(43). [LINK]

C-13. NKUNA, Judith Khulisile; Sikhumbuzo Sibusiso KHOZA; Seunghun J. LEE (2024) Laryngeal contrast and onset uniformity in Siswati plosives. 12th Southern African Microlinguistics Workshop (SAMWOP-12). Witwatersrand University. 27 November, 2024.  

C-12. LEE, Seunghun J., Haseru IDA, Daisuke SHINAGAWA, Makoto Furumoto. "Exploring the Prosody of Double Object Constructions of Southern Bantu Languages" Phonology Forum (2024) @ Nagoya, Japan. August 22, 2024[LINK] 

C-11. IDA, Haseru, Seunghun J. LEE, Takaki YANAGIDA, Khulisile Judith NKUNA "The syllabic status of nasal in Siswati simple DP" 10th International Conference on Bantu languages (Bantu 10) @ Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania. August 13, 2024. [LINK]

C-9. YANAGIDA, Takaki, Seunghun J. LEE, Haseru IDA, Khulisile Judith NKUNA "Effect of depressor consonats on F0 in Siswati" 11th World Congress of African Linguistics (WOCAL 11) @ Nairobi, Keenya. August 8, 2024

• Fieldwork (January 2023)

  • Items from the Swadesh list in H and L tone contexts

  • 7120 tokens by 10 speaker

• Fieldwork (March 2023)

  • Items from the Swadesh list in H and L tone contexts

  • 1035 tokens by 2 speakers

P-11 Hlungwani, Crous & Seunghun J. Lee (2024) Passive construction in Xitsonga (S53). Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, Journal of the Institute of Language Research 29(38).  [LINK]

P-7. Lee, Seunghun J. and Kristina Riedel (2023) Recursivity and Focus in the Prosody of Xitsonga DPs. Languages 2023, 8(2), 150; https://doi.org/10.3390/languages8020150

P-6.Barrie, M. J. M., Seunghun J. Lee, Crous Hlungwane (2023) Locative Inversion and Passivization in Xitsonga, Journal of Cognitive Science 24(1): 81-102. DOI : 10.17791/jcs.2023.24.1.81

P-5. Lee, Seunghun J. & Elisabeth Selkirk (2022) Xitsonga Tone: the Syntax-Phonology Interface. In (eds.) Haruo Kubozono, Junko Ito & Armin Mester (eds.), Prosody and Prosodic Interfaces. Oxford: Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198869740.003.0012

P-2. Lee, Seunghun J., Thembhani, Babane Morris & Hlungwani, Madala Crous. (2022). Aspects of Xitsonga Grammar. Tokyo, Japan: ILCAA. [LINK]

C-6. Hannah Gibson, Crous Hlungwani, Seunghun Lee & Kristina Riedel (2022) Auxiliary constructions in Xitsonga revisited. 2022 ALASA Biennial International Conference @ University of the Western Cape. 21-24 September, 2022.

C-2. LEE, Seunghun J., Crous M. HLUNGWANI, Michael BARRIE "Locative inversion in Xitsonga" 9th International Conference on Bantu languages (Bantu 9) @ Blantyre, Malawi. June 9, 2022. 

• Fieldwork (January 2023)

  • Items from the Swadesh list in H and L tone contexts

  • 648 tokens by 1 speaker

• Fieldwork (March 2023)

  • Items from the Swadesh list in H and L tone contexts

  • 8544 tokens by 10 speaker

P-14 Masilela, Piet J.& Seunghun J. Lee (2024) Passive constructions in Southern IsiNdebele (S407). Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, Journal of the Institute of Language Research 29(41). [LINK]

C-15. MASILELA, P. J. (2024) Phonetics of the laryngeal contrast  in Southern Ndebele plosives. 12th Southern African Microlinguistics Workshop (SAMWOP-12). Witwatersrand University. 29 November, 2024.

C-10. LEE, Seunghun J., Piet Jan MASILELA, Natsumi TANIGUCHI "Tonal patterns of basic DP in Southern Ndebele" 11th World Congress of African Linguistics (WOCAL 11) @ Nairobi, Keenya. August 8, 2024

C-8. SHINAGAWA, Daisuke, Seunghun J. LEE, Lorenzo MASELLI "Postnasal trilling in Bantu crosslinguistic variation and typology overview". 9th International Conference on Bantu languages (Bantu 9) @ Blantyre, Malawi. June 7, 2022. 

P-19 Lusekelo, Amani (2024) The Passive construction in Kinyakyusa. Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, Journal of the Institute of Language Research 29(46). [LINK]