Tense and aspect in Bantu /
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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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2008.
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Full text (MFA users only) |
| ISBN: | 0199239290 9780199239290 0191553603 9780191553608 9786611825621 6611825622 |
| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
Table of 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.