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Varying Form of Title: | African languages
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ISBN: | 9789027295880 9027295883 158811421X 9781588114211 1588114228 9781588114228 9027226059 9789027226051 9027226067 9789027226068
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Notes: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-260) and index. Print version record.
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Summary: | This book introduces beginning students and non-specialists to the diversity and richness of African languages. In addition to providing a solid background to the study of African languages, the book presents linguistic phenomena not found in European languages. A goal of this book is to stimulate interest in African languages and address the question: What makes African languages so fascinating? The orientation adopted throughout the book is a descriptive one, which seeks to characterize African languages in a relatively succinct and neutral manner, and to make the facts accessible to a wide.
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Other form: | Print version: Childs, George Tucker. Introduction to African languages. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., ©2003 158811421X 9781588114211
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