An Assessment of Argument Licensing Morphology in the Sentence Structure of Lutsotso

Abstract

This paper focuses on Lutsotso verb derivation as the major morphological process involved in argument licensing. This paper, therefore, discusses verbal derivations and movement for feature checking using Chomsky's Government and Binding (GB) theory and the Minimalist Program (MP). In addition, the paper delves into the argument changing processes in the syntax of Lutsotso. Subsequently, relevant morphological processes associated with verb valence are analyzed since they determine the argument structure of the verb.