The languages and linguistics of Africa : a comprehensive guide / Tom Guldemann, editor.

Contributor(s): Guldemann, Tom [editor.]Material type: TextTextSeries: World of linguistics ; Volume 11.Publisher: Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter Mouton, 2018Description: 1 online resource (xxiii, 1,009 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9783110421668Subject(s): African languagesGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Languages and linguistics of Africa : a comprehensive guide.DDC classification: 496 LOC classification: PL8005 | .L364 2018Online resources: Click to View Summary: This innovative handbook takes a fresh look at the currently underestimated linguistic diversity of Africa, the continent with the largest number of languages in the world. It covers the major domains of linguistics, offering both a representative picture of Africa's linguistic landscape as well as new and at times unconventional perspectives. The focus is not so much on exhaustiveness as on the fruitful relationship between African and general linguistics and the contributions the two domains can make to each other. This volume is thus intended for readers with a specific interest in African languages and also for students and scholars within the greater discipline of linguistics.
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This innovative handbook takes a fresh look at the currently underestimated linguistic diversity of Africa, the continent with the largest number of languages in the world. It covers the major domains of linguistics, offering both a representative picture of Africa's linguistic landscape as well as new and at times unconventional perspectives. The focus is not so much on exhaustiveness as on the fruitful relationship between African and general linguistics and the contributions the two domains can make to each other. This volume is thus intended for readers with a specific interest in African languages and also for students and scholars within the greater discipline of linguistics.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2018. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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