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" Tense and aspect in Bantu / "
Derek Nurse.
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BL
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989915
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b744285
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Nurse, Derek.
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Tense and aspect in Bantu /\ Derek Nurse.
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| Publication Statement
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Oxford ;New York :: Oxford University Press,, 2008.
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1 online resource (xviii, 401 pages) :: illustrations, maps
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0191553603
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: 0199239290
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: 6611825622
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: 9780191553608
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: 9780199239290
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: 9786611825621
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-369) and indexes.
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| Contents
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List of Tables; List of Maps; Notes on Appendices; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Conventions; 1 Introduction; 2 Verb structure and categories in Bantu; 3 Tense; 4 Aspect; 5 Other categories; 6 What can be assumed for Proto-Bantu?; 7 Processes of change; Definitions; Bibliography; Source language reference index; Index.
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| Abstract
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Derek Nurse looks at variations in the form and function of tense and aspect in Bantu, a branch of Niger-Congo, the world's largest language phylum. His account is based on data from more than 200 Bantu languages and varieties, a representative sample of which is freely available on the publisher's website. - ;Derek Nurse looks at variations in the form and function of tense and aspect in Bantu, a branch of Niger-Congo, the world's largest language phylum. Bantu languages are spoken in central, eastern, and southern sub-Saharan Africa south of a line between Nigeria and Somalia. By current est.
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Bantu languages-- Aspect.
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Bantu languages-- Tense.
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FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY-- Portuguese.
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| Dewey Classification
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469.3/9
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PL8025.1.N87 2008eb
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