African Language Structures. [Contents : The Historical and Classificatory Setting -- Vowel Systems -- Consonant Systems -- Tonal Systems -- Functions of Tone -- Noun Class and Concord Systems An Introduction -- Functional and Vestigial Noun Class Systems -- Nonclass Noun Systems -- Adjectives and Unadjectives -- Other Noun Modifiers Conjunction -- Being Having and Verbs -- Verbal Constructions in NigerCongo -- Verbal Systems -- Questions Relatives Subordination -- Adverbials Ideophones Semantic Ranges -- References -- Index of Language Names]
by Welmers, William Everett, 1916-
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Berkeley : University of California Press, 1973., 1973. Very Good. [1st edition] ; xi, 488 pp. ; 26 cm. ; ISBN: 0520022106; 9780520022102 LCCN: 70-186108 ; LC: PL8008 ; OCLC: 1033470 ; black cloth with gold lettering in yellow, white and black dustjacket ; tears to dustjacket ; "This work is unique in the depth of its linguistic insight over the entire spectrum of language structure, and in the breadth of its language coverage."--dustjacket ; Contents : The Historical and Classificatory Setting -- Vowel Systems -- Consonant Systems -- Tonal Systems -- Functions of Tone -- Noun Class and Concord Systems An Introduction -- Functional and Vestigial Noun Class Systems -- Nonclass Noun Systems -- Adjectives and Unadjectives -- Other Noun Modifiers Conjunction -- Being Having and Verbs -- Verbal Constructions in NigerCongo -- Verbal Systems -- Questions Relatives Subordination -- Adverbials Ideophones Semantic Ranges -- References -- Index of Language Names. ; VG/G
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- African Language Structures. [Contents : The Historical and Classificatory Setting -- Vowel Systems -- Consonant Systems -- Tonal Systems -- Functions of Tone -- Noun Class and Concord Systems An Introduction -- Functional and Vestigial Noun Class Systems -- Nonclass Noun Systems -- Adjectives and Unadjectives -- Other Noun Modifiers Conjunction -- Being Having and Verbs -- Verbal Constructions in NigerCongo -- Verbal Systems -- Questions Relatives Subordination -- Adverbials Ideophones Semantic Ranges -- References -- Index of Language Names]
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- Niger-Congo African languages morphology Phonology comparative grammar akan ghana bantu nigeria efik fante fula uganda gur igbo jukun kpelle kwa lwo mande mandekan mende senari senufo shona swahili zulu yoruba tiv twi xhosa morpheme Bantu languages Bariba
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