If the structure in (13) is
correct, it makes very specific predictions about the position of overt
arguments in Bantu: if noun class markers are present on the verb, they occupy
argument positions, such that overt arguments can only be adjuncts. Contrary to
claims by Baker 1996: 51, Bantu thus exhibits structures very similar to those
Baker proposes for Mohawk. This section will show that this is born out by word
order facts.