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Geographical typology and linguistic areas : with special reference to Africa /
Is Africa a linguistic area (Heine & Leyew 2008)? The present volume consists of sixteen papers highlighting the linguistic geography of Africa, covering, in particular, southern Africa with its Khoisan languages. A wide range of phenomena are discussed to give an overview of the pattern of soci...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam ; Philadelphia :
John Benjamins Pub. Co.,
©2011.
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| Colección: | Studies in linguistics (Tōkyō Gaikokugo Daigaku) ;
v. 2. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Is Africa a linguistic area (Heine & Leyew 2008)? The present volume consists of sixteen papers highlighting the linguistic geography of Africa, covering, in particular, southern Africa with its Khoisan languages. A wide range of phenomena are discussed to give an overview of the pattern of social, cultural, and linguistic interaction that characterizes Africa's linguistic geography. Most contributors to the volume discuss language contact and areal diffusion in Africa, although some demonstrate, with examples from non-African linguistic data, including Amazonian and European languages, how la. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (320 pages) : maps |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9789027273956 9027273952 1280497300 9781280497308 |