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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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: König, Christa
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford, UK : Oxford University Press, 2008.
Colección:Oxford linguistics.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Contents; Preface; List of Figures; List of Maps; List of Tables; Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; 2 Accusative; 3 Ergativity; 4 Marked-nominative; 5 Special phenomena; 6 Conclusions; Appendix I. Case in Africa; Appendix II. Genealogical overview of case languages in Africa; Terminology; References; Author Index; Language Index; Subject Index.