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African Languages: An Introduction » (1st Edition)
Authors: Bernd Heine (Editor), Derek Nurse
ISBN-13: 9780521666299, ISBN-10: 0521666295
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Date Published: August 2000
Edition: 1st Edition
Author Biography: Bernd Heine
Book Synopsis
An accessible introduction to African languages and linguistics, covering language typology, linguistic structures and sociolinguistics.
Table of Contents
| List of maps | ||
| Notes on contributors | ||
| 1 | Introduction | 1 |
| 2 | Niger-Congo | 11 |
| 3 | Nilo-Saharan | 43 |
| 4 | Afroasiatic | 74 |
| 5 | Khoisan | 99 |
| 6 | Phonology | 123 |
| 7 | Morphology | 161 |
| 8 | Syntax | 194 |
| 9 | Typology | 231 |
| 10 | Comparative linguistics | 259 |
| 11 | Language and history | 272 |
| 12 | Language and society | 298 |
| References | 348 | |
| Index of authors | 374 | |
| Index of languages | 379 | |
| Index of subjects | 389 |
Subjects
Foreign Languages
All Foreign Languages African Languages - Reference
Nonfiction Philosophy Linguistics & Semiotics
Nonfiction Social Sciences African Studies
Nonfiction All Nonfiction African Studies
Philosophy Linguistics & Semiotics Language Families
Reference Learning Languages African Languages - Reference
Science & Nature Social Sciences African Studies
Social Sciences African Studies Africa - Anthropology & Sociology
Nonfiction Reference Learning Languages
Reference Foreign-language Study Aids & Dictionaries All Foreign Languages
All Foreign Languages African Languages - ReferenceNonfiction
Philosophy Linguistics & SemioticsNonfiction
Social Sciences African StudiesNonfiction
All Nonfiction African StudiesPhilosophy
Linguistics & Semiotics Language FamiliesReference
Learning Languages African Languages - ReferenceScience & Nature
Social Sciences African StudiesSocial Sciences
African Studies Africa - Anthropology & SociologyNonfiction
Reference Learning LanguagesReference
Foreign-language Study Aids & Dictionaries All Foreign Languages
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