Case in Africa /
This book provides a typological overview of the different manifestations of grammaticalized case systems in African languages. In the course of thoroughly analyzing case in roughly 100 African languages, Christa K--ouml--;nig reveals several features, such as tone as a marker for case, which are ra...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford, UK :
Oxford University Press,
2008.
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Colección: | Oxford linguistics.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | This book provides a typological overview of the different manifestations of grammaticalized case systems in African languages. In the course of thoroughly analyzing case in roughly 100 African languages, Christa K--ouml--;nig reveals several features, such as tone as a marker for case, which are rare phenomena in other languages of the world. - ;This book provides a typological overview of the different manifestations of grammaticalized case systems in African languages. After defining and distinguishing case systems, Christa K--ouml--;nig begins a thorough analysis of case in roughly 100 Afr. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xix, 343 pages) : illustrations, maps |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
ISBN: | 0191552666 9780191552663 1281925314 9781281925312 9786611925314 6611925317 |