Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 401 pages) : illustrations, maps |
Contents |
List of Tables; List of Maps; Notes on Appendices; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Conventions; 1 Introduction; 2 Verb structure and categories in Bantu; 3 Tense; 4 Aspect; 5 Other categories; 6 What can be assumed for Proto-Bantu?; 7 Processes of change; Definitions; Bibliography; Source language reference index; Index |
Summary |
Derek Nurse looks at variations in the form and function of tense and aspect in Bantu, a branch of Niger-Congo, the world's largest language phylum. His account is based on data from more than 200 Bantu languages and varieties, a representative sample of which is freely available on the publisher's website. - ;Derek Nurse looks at variations in the form and function of tense and aspect in Bantu, a branch of Niger-Congo, the world's largest language phylum. Bantu languages are spoken in central, eastern, and southern sub-Saharan Africa south of a line between Nigeria and Somalia. By current est |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-369) and indexes |
Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
Subject |
Bantu languages -- Tense
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Bantu languages -- Aspect
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FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY -- Portuguese.
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Form |
Electronic book
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LC no. |
2008001088 |
ISBN |
0199239290 |
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9780199239290 |
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0191553603 |
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9780191553608 |
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9786611825621 |
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6611825622 |
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