Nancy Kula
Hoogleraar Afrikaanse taalkunde
- Naam
- Prof.dr. N.C. Kula
- Telefoon
- +31 71 527 2125
- n.c.kula@hum.leidenuniv.nl
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0002-8323-2573

Nancy Kula is hoogleraar Afrikaanse taalkunde bij het Centre for Linguistics.
Hoogleraar Afrikaanse taalkunde
- Faculteit der Geesteswetenschappen
- Leiden Univ Centre for Linguistics
- LUCL T&C van Afrika
- Reilly C., Costley T., Gibson H. & Kula N.C. (2024), The multilingual university: language ideology, hidden policies and language practices in Malawian universities, Language, Culture and Curriculum 37(2): 213-229.
- Reilly C., Gibson H., Kula N.C., Costley T., Mapunda G. & Mwansa J. (2024), Bringing the outside in: attitudes towards multilingual competence in Zambia and Tanzania. In: Mohr S. & Ferrara L. (red.), Learning languages, being social: informal language learning and socialization in additional languages: De Gruyter Mouton. 199-229.
- Kula N.C.,Costley T., Gibson H. & Reilly C. (2024), Enbracing multilingualism in the classroom, FuturumCareers : .
- Mapunda G., Costley T., Gibson H., Kula N.C. & Reilly C. (2024), Rethinking language: the need for language supportive pedagogies in teacher training in tanzania, Nordic Journal of African Studies 33(3): 184-202.
- Kula N.C. & Louriz N. (2024), Acquisition in a multilingual context: English mid and low vowel contrasts by native speakers of Tashlhit. In: Korangy A.. & Bensoukas K. (red.), The Handbook of Berber Linguistics. Springer Handbooks in Languages and Linguistics. Singapore: Springer. 55-85.
- Kula N.C. (2024), Comparing CJ-DJ discrepancies in Matengo and Bemba, Journal of Swahili and African Studies 35: 51-60.
- Reilly C., Costley T., Gibson H., Kula N.C., Bagwasi M.M., Dikosha D., Mmolao P., Mwansa J.M., Mwandia M., Mapunda G. & James E. (2023), Emerging principles for researching multilingually in linguistic ethnography: reflections from Botswana, Tanzania, the UK and Zambia [Ukulondolola imisango yakufwailisha ukupitila mu ndimi ishapusanapusana: Amatontonkanyo ukufuma ku Botswana, ku Tanzania, ku UK na ku Zambia] (vertaling Reilly C., Costley T., Gibson H., Kula N.C., Bagwasi M.M., Dikosha D., Mmolao P., Mwansa J.M., Mwandia M., Mapunda G. & James E.), Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development 44(8): 689-701.
- Bickmore L.S. & Kula N.C. (2023), Generational tone change in Northern Bemba, Africana Linguistica 29: 3-27.
- Kula N.C. (2023), Why should voiceless aspirates cause depression in Nguni?, Stellenbosch Papers in Linguistics Plus 67: 43-47.
- Kula N.C. (2023), Domino effects and licensing chains in government licensing: sequential NC clusters in Bantu. In: Breit F., Yoshida Y. & Youngberg C. (red.), Elements, Government, and Licensing: Developments in phonology: UCL Press. 197-208.
- Reilly C Costley T Gibson H Kula N Bagwasi M Dikosha D Mmolao P Mwansa J Mwandia M Mapunda G James E (2023), Emerging principles for researching multilingually in linguistic ethnography: reflections from Botswana, Tanzania, the UK and Zambia, Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development 44(8): 689-701.
- Bickmore Lee S. Kula Nancy C. (2023), Generational tone change in Northern Bemba, Africana Linguistica 29: 3-27.
- Kula Nancy C. Marten Lutz (2023), Morphosyntactic variation in Bantu: The case of Setswana, Studies in African Linguistics 52: 53-69.
- Kula C Nancy Gibson Hannah Marten Lutz Taji Julius (2023), Suffix Order restrictions in Bantu.
- Kula Nancy C. (2023), Why should voiceless aspirates cause depression in Nguni?, Stellenbosch Papers in Linguistics Plus 67(1): 43-47.
- Bickmore L.S. & Kula N.C. (2023), Generational tone change in Northern Bemba, Africana Linguistica 29: 3-27.
- Costley T., Kula N.C. & Marten L. (2022), Translanguaging spaces and multilingual public writing in Zambia: tracing change in the linguistic landscape of Ndola on the Copperbelt, Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development 44(9): 773-793.
- Kula Nancy C. Mwansa Joseph (2022), Learning literacy in a familiar language: comparing reading and comprehension competence in Bemba in two contrasting settings in Northern Zambia, Journal of the British Academy 10: 97-124.
- Costley Tracey Kula Nancy C. Marten Lutz (2022), Translanguaging spaces and multilingual public writing in Zambia: tracing change in the linguistic landscape of Ndola on the Copperbelt, Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development 44(9): 773-793.
- Reilly C Bagwasi M Costley T Gibson H Kula N.C. Mapunda G Mwansa J (2022), ‘Languages don’t have bones, so you can just break them’: rethinking multilingualism in education policy and practice in Africa, Journal of the British Academy 10(S4): 1-20.
- Kula Nancy C. Nasukawa Kenya (2022), A PfP approach to vowel height harmony and ATR harmony, JSPS : .
- Kula Nancy C. Marten Lutz (2021), Expressing politeness and respect in Bantu Languages: A short comparative survey.
- Hamann Silke Kula Nanacy C. (2021), Phonetic and phonological considerations on the moraic status of pre-NC vowels in Bemba, Stellenbosch Papers in Linguistics Plus 62: 57-74.
- Kula Nancy C. Nasuawa Kuniya (2021), Reanalysing "Epenthetic" Consonants in Nasal-Consonant Sequences: A Lexical Specification Approach.
- Marten Lutz Kula Nancy C. (2021), Expressing politeness and respect in Bantu Languages: A short comparative survey. In: , African Languages: Linguistic, Literacy and Social issues.: A Festschrift in honour of Prof. Herman Batibo.: CASAS. 67-84.
- Kula Nancy C. (2020), Developing an Areal View of Intonation in Eastern Bantu, : .
- Liu Xiaoxi Kula Nancy C. (2020), Multi-layered recursive representations for depressors 143-180.
- Kula Nancy C. Syed Nasir (2020), Non-myopic nasal spreading in Saraiki, Radical: A Journal of Phonology : 126-172.
- Reilly C. Bagwasi M. Costley T. Gibson H. Kula N.C. Mapunda G. & J. Mwansa (2020), Bringing the outside in: Merging local language literacy practices to enhance classroom learning and achievement, Babel: The Language Magazine : .
- Kula Nancy C. Marten Lutz (2019), Vowel copying in Dciriku and Mwenyi: On the interaction between Phonology and Semantics. In: , Theoretical and Applied aspects of African Languages and Cultures.: Festschrift in Honour of Professor Mildred Nkolola-Wakumelo.: Centre for Advanced Studies of African Society (CASAS). 75-99.
- Liu Xiaoxi Kula Nancy C. (2018), A comparative study of depression in Bantu, Khoisan and Chinese Wu - laryngeal settings and feature specifications, Stellenbosch Papers in Linguistics Plus 54: 17-43.
- Liu Xiaoxi & Kula C. Nancy (2018), A comparative study of depression in Bantu, Khoisan and Chinese Wu – laryngeal settings and feature specifications, 54: 17-43.
- Kula Nancy C. (2017), Reduction in remoteness distinctions and reconfiguration in the Bemba past tense, Transactions of the Philological Society 115(1): 27-57.
- Scheer Tobias Kula Nancy C. (2017), Government phonology: Element theory, conceptual issues and introduction 226-261.
- Kula Nancy C. (2017), Reduction in remoteness distinctions and reconfiguration in the Bemba past tense, Transactions of the Philological Society 115(1): 27-57.
- Kula Nancy C. (2017), The Conjoint/Disjoint Alternation and Phonological Phrasing in Bemba.
- Kula Nancy C. (2017), Uniqueness in Element Signatures.
- Kula Nancy C. Hamann Silke (2016), Intonation in Bemba. In: , Intonation in African Tone Languages. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter. 321-363.
- Kula Nancy C. Braun Bettina (2015), Mental representation of tonal spreading in Bemba: Evidence from elicited production and perception, Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies 33(3): 307-323.
- Kula Nancy C. Bickmore Lee S. (2015), Phrasal phonology in Copperbelt Bemba, Phonology 32(1): 147-176.
- Kula Nancy C. (2015), A preliminary investigation of Siluyana: Comparing Mbowe and Mwenyi. [dataset].
- Kula Nanacy C. Kadenge Maxwell (red.) (2015), INTRODUCTION: Phonetics and Phonology in Bantu. Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies.
- Kula Nancy C. & Braun Bettina (2015), Mental representation of tonal spreading in Bemba: Evidence from elicited production and perception, Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies 33(3): 307-323.
- Kula Nanacy C. & Bickmore Lee S. (2015), Phrasal phonology in Copperbelt Bemba, Phonology 32(1): 147-176.
- Hamann Silke. Kula Nancy C. (2015), Bemba, Journal of the International Phonetic Association 45: 61-69.
- Marten Lutz Kula Nancy C. (2014), Benefactive and substitutive applicatives in Bemba, Journal of African Languages and Linguistics 35(1): 1-44.
- Marten Lutz & Kula Nancy C. (2014), Benefactive and substitutive applicatives in Bemba, Journal of African Languages and Linguistics 35(1): 1-44.
- Kula Nancy C. (2013), Nominal compounding and associative phrases in Bemba.
- Kula Nancy C. (2013), On retaining vowel colour in derived roots: Blocked Imbrication in Bemba.
- Bickmore Lee S. Kula Nancy C. (2013), Ternary spreading and the OCP in Copperbelt Bemba, Studies in African Linguistics 42(2): 101-132.
- Kula Nancy C. Bert Botma Kuniya Nasukawa (red.) (2013), Bloomsbury Companion to Phonology. London: Bloombury.
- Kula Nancy C. (2012) An introduction to Element Theory. Bespreking van: Backley Phillip, Element Theory. Phonology 29(2): 337-341.
- Marten Lutz & Kula Nancy C. (2012), Object marking and morphosyntactic variation in Bantu, Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies 30(2): 237-253.
- Marten Lutz Kula Nancy C. (2012), Object marking and morphosyntactic variation in Bantu, Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies 30(2): 237-253.
- Kula Nancy C. (2012), On the representation of tone in Element Theory. In: , Sound Structure and Sense. Lublin: Wynadictwo. 353-367.
- Kula Nancy C. (2012), The Bemba Case File: Afranaph Project. [dataset].
- Delfitto Denis Fiorin Gaetano Kula Nancy C. (2011), Syntactic gradients in compounding: Bemba associative nominals vs. Italian prepositional and deverbal compounds, Italian Journal of Linguistics / Rivista di Linguistica 23(2): 301-325.
- Basciano Bianca Kula Nancy C. Melloni Chiara (2011), Modes of compounding in Bantu, Romance and Chinese, Italian Journal of Linguistics 23(2): 203-249.
- Kula Nancy C. (2011), Revisiting final devoicing in the L2 acquisition of final voicing contrasts. In: Katarzyna Dziubalska-Kolaczyk, Magdalena Wrembel & Malgorzata Kul (red.), Achievements and Perspectives in SLA of Speech: New Sounds 2010. Frankfurt: Peter Lang. 149-158.
- Kula Nancy C. (2011), Revisiting Final-Devoicing in the L2 Acquisition of Final Voicing Contrasts.
- Delfitto D Fiorin G Kula NancyC. (2011), Syntactic gradients in compounding: Bemba associative nominals vs. Italian prepositional and deverbal compounds, Italian Journal of Linguistics 23(2): 301-325.
- Marten Lutz Kula Nancy C. (2011), The Prosody of Bemba Relative Clauses: A Case Study of the Syntax-Phonology Interface in Dynamic Syntax.
- Botma Bert Nancy C. Kula Kuniya Nasukawa (2011), Features. In: , Continuum Companion to Phonology.. London: Continuum. 33-63.
- Kula Nancy C. Bert Botma Kuniya Nasukawa (red.) (2011), Continuum Companion to Phonology. London: Continuum.
- Kula Nancy C. Marten Lutz (2010), Argument structure and agency in Bemba passives.
- Kula Nancy C. Marten Lutz (2010), Argument structure and agency in Bemba passives. In: , Bantu Languages. Analyses, Description and Theory. Cologne: Rudiger Köppe Publications. 115-130.
- Kula Nancy C. (2009) Chilungu Phonology. Bespreking van: Bickmore Lee S., Cilungu Phonology. Lingua 119(3): 502-506.
- Kula Nancy C. Marten Lutz (2009), Defining initial strength in clusterless languages in Strict CV 251-284.
- Kula Nancy C. (2009), Opacity in Bantu: In support of the internal organisation of features.
- Kula Nancy C. Marten Lutz (2009), Defining initial strength in clusterless languages in Strict CV. In: Nasukawa Kuniya & Backlay Phillip (red.), Strength Relations in Phonology.. Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter. 251-284.
- Kula Nancy C. (2008), Derived environment effects: A representational approach, Lingua 118(9): 1328-1343.
- Ewen Colin J. Kula Nancy C. van der Hulst Harry (red.) (2008), Jan Kooij (1940-2004). Lingua.
- Marten Lutz Kula Nancy C. (2008), Meanings of money: national identity and the semantics of currency in Zambia and Tanzania, Journal of African Cultural Studies 20(2): 183-198.
- Kula Nancy C. Marten Lutz (2008), Central, East and Southern African Languages.
- Kula Nancy C. (2008), Derived environment effects: A representational approach, Lingua 118(9): 1328-1343.
- Costa Joao Kula Nancy C. (2008), Focus at the Interface: Evidence from Romance and Bantu.
- Marten Lutz & Kula Nancy C. (2008), Meanings of Money: National Identity and the Semantics of Currency in Zambia and Tanzania, Journal of African Cultural Studies 20(2): 183-198.
- Kula Nancy C. Marten Lutz. (2008), Zambia: 'One Zambia, One Nation, Many Languages’ 291-313.
- Kula Nancy C. (2007), Effects of phonological phrasing on syntactic structure, The Linguistic Review 24(2-3): 201-231.
- Marten Lutz, Kula Nancy C. & Thwala Nhlanhla (2007), Parameters of morphosyntactic variation in Bantu, Transactions of the Philological Society 105(3): 253-338.
- Kula Nancy C. Marten Lutz (red.) (2007), Bantu in Bloomsbury [Special Issue].
- Kula Nancy C. (2007), Effects of phonological phrasing on syntactic structure, The Linguistic Review 24(2-3): 201-231.
- Marten Lutz Kula Nancy C. Thwala Nhlanhla (2007), Parameters of morphosyntactic variation in Bantu, Transactions of the Philological Society 105(3): 253-338.
- Kula Nancy C. & Cheng Lisa (2007), Phonological and Syntactic phrasing in Bemba relatives, Journal of African Languages and Linguistics 28: 123-148.
- Kula Nancy C. (2006), Lesotho language situation. [overig].
- Kula Nancy C. Letsholo Rose (red.) (2006), Linguistic Analysis: Special issue on African linguistics.
- Kula Nancy C. (2006), No initial empty cv in clusterless languages, Linguistics in the Netherlands 23(1): 137-149.
- Kula Nancy C. (2006), On derived environments in GP. [overig].
- Kula Nancy C. (2006), Zambia language situation. [overig].
- Kula Nancy C. (2006), Licensing saturation: co-occurrence restrictions in structure, Linguistic Analysis 32(3-4): 366-406.
- Kula Nancy C. & Letsholo Rose (red.) (2006), Linguistic Analysis: Special issue on African linguistics: African Linguistics in the new millennium.
- Cheng Lisa & Kula Nancy C. (2006), Syntactic and phonological phrasing in Bemba relatives. Berlin: ZAS Papers in Linguistics (ZAS). [overig].
- Kula Nancy C. (2005), On Licensing Constraints for consonants. Leiden: Special issue of the Leiden Papers in Linguistics. [overig].
- Kula Nancy C. (2004), Domain variability in inflected reduplication, Malawian Journal of Linguistics 4: 45-63.
- Kula Nancy C. (2003), On the autonomy of the root in Bemba. In: Kézié K. Lébikaza (red.), Actes du 3e Congrès Mondial de Linguistique Africaine Lomé 2000. 21-35.
- Kula Nancy C. (2002), The Phonology of Verbal Derivation in Bemba. PhD dissertation, Universiteit Leiden. Utrecht: Holland Academic Graphics.
- Kula Nancy C. (2001), Imbrication in Bemba. In: , Surface Syllable Structure and Segment Sequencing: HIL Occasional Papers 4. Leiden 102-116.
- Kula Nancy C. (2000), The phonology-morphology interface: Consonant mutations in Bemba, Linguistics in the Netherlands 17(1): 171-183.
- Kula Nancy C. (2000), The phonology/morphology interface: consonant mutations in Bemba, Linguistics in The Netherlands : 171-184.
- Kula Nancy C. & Marten Lutz (2000), Constraints and Processes: evidence from Bemba, Herero and Swahili. London: SOAS Working Papers in Linguistics and Phonetics 10 (SOAS). [overig].
- Kula Nancy C. (1999), On the representation of NC clusters in Bemba, Linguistics in The Netherlands : 135-148.
- Kula Nancy C. & Marten Lutz (1998), Aspects of nasality in Bemba. London: SOAS Working Papers in Linguistics and Phonetics 8 (SOAS). [overig].