Linguistic geography of africa, a
Éditeur :
Cambridge University Press
ISBN :
9780521182690
Date de publication :
17 févr. 2011
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 x 2,0 cm
Poids :
500 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
Research on African languages has been preoccupied with understanding similarities across the four distinct language families. This book discusses whether structural similarities and dissimilarities among African languages are the result of contact between these languages, and demonstrates that such similarities are more common than is widely believed.