TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ndayishimiye,Venant
AU  - Njejimana,Grégoire
ED  - University of Burundi
TI  - Semantic analysis of some kirundi toponyms in ndava commune
PY  - 2018///
CY  - Bujumbura
PB  - University of Burundi, Faculty of arts and social sciences, department of english language and literature
KW  - BI-BuBU
KW  - Toponyme kitundi
KW  - Analyse sémantique
KW  - Ndava(commune)
KW  - Mémoire
N1  - A thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the award of the degree of "licence en langue et litterature Anglaises"
N2  - RESUME,

The purpose of this stusy is to find out the semantic meaning of some Kirundi toponyms in  Ndava commune. To carry out the research, two research questions were designed. Firstly, it was to know the relationship between a place and its semantic meaning while the second dealt with showing the linguistic analysis of word-formation of toponyms. The sample of this study was selected among the inhabitants of Ndava commune by convenience sampling. The research instrument was a questionnaire and the interview. After a thorough analysis of data collected, it was found that Kirundi toponyms are not given merly for identification but mainly because they carry a given message such as to describe the place, or to show the activity done in that place. It was also found that Kirundi toponyms like proper names are created byusing word-formation process
ER  -