Tense and aspect in Bantu / Derek Nurse.

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 publish...

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Main Author: Nurse, Derek
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.
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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.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xviii, 401 pages) : illustrations, maps
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-369) and indexes.
ISBN:0199239290
9780199239290
0191553603
9780191553608
9786611825621
6611825622
Language:English.
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.