An account of agentive suffixes in Luganda

Abstract

This article is situated within the theoretical context of Word-Formation and the Weak Lexicalism framework. It examines agent noun formation in Luganda, an East African Bantu language. Using an electronic journalistic corpus from a Luganda daily, this study specifically analyses the formation of de-verbal agent nouns and the corresponding morphological paradigms of suffixation. The results demonstrate in contrast with findings made by Ferrari-Bridgers (2009), thatmagentive suffixes exist in Luganda, dominated by the suffix -i.