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 rare phenomena in other languages of the world. - ;This book provides a typological overview of the different manifestations of grammaticalized case systems in African languages. After defining and dis…
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- Full title :Case in Africa / Christa König.
Summary
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 rare phenomena in other languages of the world. - ;This book provides a typological overview of the different manifestations of grammaticalized case systems in African languages. After defining and distinguishing case systems, Christa K--ouml--;nig begins a thorough analysis of case in roughly 100 Afr.
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- Publication Date:2008.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Oxford University Press
- Place of Publication:Oxford, UK
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2008.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (xix, 343 pages) : : illustrations, maps
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:0191552666, 9780191552663, 1281925314, 9781281925312, 9786611925314, 6611925317
- oclc:ocn304173611
- LC Classification:P381.A3
- Dewey Decimal:496 22
Table of Contents
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.
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