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
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