The Languages and Linguistics of Africa
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The Languages and Linguistics of Africa is a comprehensive scholarly volume that surveys the continent’s language families, their historical relationships, and key structural features within a modern linguistic framework.
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| The Languages and Linguistics of Africa canonical | 1 |
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| instanceOf |
academic book
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linguistics book ⓘ scholarly volume ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline |
African studies
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linguistics ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
present current knowledge in African linguistics
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synthesize research on African languages ⓘ |
| coversRegion | Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| describes |
Afroasiatic languages
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Austronesian languages in Africa ⓘ Indo-European languages in Africa ⓘ Khoisan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Niger-Congo languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Nilo-Saharan languages ⓘ major African language families ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
historical linguistics
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historical relationships between African languages ⓘ language classification ⓘ language contact in Africa ⓘ language typology ⓘ morphology of African languages ⓘ phonology of African languages ⓘ structural features of African languages ⓘ syntax of African languages ⓘ |
| hasApproach |
comparative-historical approach
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modern linguistic framework ⓘ structural analysis ⓘ |
| hasFormat | edited volume ⓘ |
| hasGenre | academic non-fiction ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
Africanists
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language typologists ⓘ linguists ⓘ students of linguistics ⓘ |
| isAbout |
areal features of African languages
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genetic classification of African languages ⓘ language history in Africa ⓘ linguistic diversity in Africa ⓘ |
| isUsedAs | reference work ⓘ |
| isUsedIn | university teaching ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
African languages
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language families of Africa ⓘ linguistics ⓘ |
| provides |
overview of structural features of African languages
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survey of African language families ⓘ |
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