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African languages from a Role and Reference Grammar perspective Studies on the syntax-semantics-pragmatics interface

African languages cover more than one fourth of the world's languages, but still have been underrepresented in linguistic theories. The volume intends to fill this gap and addresses aspects of the syntax-semantics-pragmatics interface of African languages from a Role & Reference Grammar per...

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Main Author: Fleischhauer, Jens
Other Authors: Kihara, Claudius Patrick
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin/Boston De Gruyter 2023
Subjects:
Historical And Comparative Linguistics / Bicssc
Language And Linguistics / Bicssc
Semantics, Discourse Analysis, Stylistics / Bicssc
Grammar
Language: History And General Works / Bicssc
African Languages Argument (linguistics)
Grammar, Syntax And Morphology / Bicssc
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Collection: Directory of Open Access Books - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:African languages cover more than one fourth of the world's languages, but still have been underrepresented in linguistic theories. The volume intends to fill this gap and addresses aspects of the syntax-semantics-pragmatics interface of African languages from a Role & Reference Grammar perspective. Accordingly, distinctive linguistic phenomena of iziZulu, Gĩkũyũ, Igbo, Babungo, Emai and other African languages are discussed in the contributions.
Item Description:Creative Commons (cc), https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
Physical Description:1 electronic resource (196 p.)
ISBN:9783110795295
9783110794977
9783110795349

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