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Abstract
An attempt is made in this contribution to identify some of the linguistic devices according to which definite and indefinite noun phrases are formally distinguished from each other in Northern Sotho. The discussion is directed mainly towards certain interrogative structures, since there are indications that these structures could reveal how the definiteness: indefiniteness-distinction manifests itself formally in the grammar of this language.
In hierdie bydrae word daar gepoog om die linguistiese middele te identifiseer wat in Noord-Sotho aangewend word om bepaalde en onbepaalde naamwoordstukke van mekaar te onderskei. Die bespreking sentreer hoof-saaklik rondom sekere vraagkonstruksies, aangesien daar genoegsame aanduidings is dat dié konstruksies meer lig kan werp'op die wyse waarop die onderskeid “bepaaldheid”: “onbepaaldheid” homself formeel in dié taal se grammatika manifesteer.