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George Tucker Childs An Introduction to African Languages PDF, was published in 2003 and uploaded for 200-level Arts and Humanities students of University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN), offering LIN246, LIN301 course. This ebook can be downloaded for FREE online on this page.

An Introduction to African Languages ebook can be used to learn four phyla, Phonetics, phonology, Nasal processes, clicks, Syllable structure, Vowel harmony, Consonant alternation, tone, Morphology, Non-concatenative morphology, Noun class system, Verbal morphology, Verb extensions, argument structure, Syntax, semantics, Ideophones, negation, Predicate structure, Movement, Verb focus, predicate clefting, Serial verbs, Agreement phenomena, Consecutive tense, switch reference, Logophoricity, Language typology, historical linguistics, Diachronic typology, grammaticalization, Linguistics, archaeology, Language contact phenomena, Pidgins, creoles.

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