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Mock Viva: Simon Msovela, African Languages

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Welcome to this mock viva, where Simon Msovela, a PhD student in African Languages, will defend his thesis. Please note that the date, time, and venue have been changed since the seminar was first announced.

Seminar
Date
28 May 2026
Time
09:00 - 11:00
Location
Room C456, Humanisten, Renströmsgatan 6 and Zoom
Good to know
Language: English

The final seminar will take place on-site and can also be followed online via video link. The Zoom link will be sent to the mailing list for the research area Linguistic Structures, but can also be obtained via evie.cousse@sprak.gu.se.

The dissertation manuscript can be requested by emailing simon.msovela@sprak.gu.se.
Organizer
Department of Languages and Literatures, the Linguistic Structures Research Area and the Research Seminar for African Languages

Subject inversion and information structure in Hehe

This dissertation examines subject inversion and information structure in Hehe, a Bantu language predominantly spoken in the Iringa region in south-central Tanzania. The study analyzes and describes the formal and interpretational circumstances under which a subject appears pre- and postverbally in the Hehe language.

Opponent

Henrik Bergqvist, Stockholm University

Examining committee

Elisabet Engdahl

Rasmus Bernander

Supervisors

Malin Petzell, Gothenburg University

Eva-Marie Bloom Ström, Gothenburg University

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