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Some inventory-related asymetries in the patterning of tongue root harmony systems 舌根和谐系统模式中的一些不对称

Studies in African Linguistics Pub Date : 2016-04-01 DOI: 10.32473/sal.v45i1.107254

R. Casali

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引用次数: 13

From Elmolo to Gura Pau: A remembered Cushitic language of Lake Turkana and its possible revitalization 从Elmolo到Gura Pau:图尔卡纳湖的库希特语及其可能的复兴

Studies in African Linguistics Pub Date : 2015-06-15 DOI: 10.32473/sal.v44i2.107258

M. Tosco

引用次数: 2

A case for revisiting definitions of serial verb constructions: Evidence from Akan serial verb nominalization 重读连词动词结构定义的案例:来自阿坎语连词动词名词化的证据

Studies in African Linguistics Pub Date : 2015-06-15 DOI: 10.32473/sal.v44i2.107260

O. Kambon, E. Osam, N. Amfo

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引用次数: 4

Ịzọn verbal extensions Ịzọn言语延伸

Studies in African Linguistics Pub Date : 2015-06-01 DOI: 10.32473/sal.v44i1.107262

R. Blench, K. Williamson

引用次数: 1

Agreement with conjoined arguments in Kuria 与Kuria中连词的一致

Studies in African Linguistics Pub Date : 2015-06-01 DOI: 10.32473/sal.v44i1.107261

M. Diercks, L. Meyer, Mary Paster

引用次数: 4

Babanki verb tone Babanki动词语气

Studies in African Linguistics Pub Date : 2015-04-01 DOI: 10.32473/sal.v44i1.107263

Pius W. Akumbu

引用次数: 9

On whether 'Doboro' was a fourth Kuliak language 关于“Doboro”是否是第四种库利亚克语

Studies in African Linguistics Pub Date : 2015-04-01 DOI: 10.32473/sal.v44i2.107259

Terrill B. Schrock

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引用次数: 1

Subject marking interrupted: Perturbations from the development of Northern Mao’s future tense suffix 主语标记中断:北毛将来时后缀发展的扰动

Studies in African Linguistics Pub Date : 2014-10-01 DOI: 10.32473/sal.v43i2.107264

M. Ahland

引用次数: 0

Discourse functions of demonstratives in Eastern Bantu narrative texts 东班图语叙事语篇指示语的话语功能

Studies in African Linguistics Pub Date : 2014-10-01 DOI: 10.32473/sal.v43i2.107265

S. Nicolle

引用次数: 6

Exceptional patterns of object marking in Bantu 班图语中物体标记的特殊模式

Studies in African Linguistics Pub Date : 2014-06-15 DOI: 10.32473/sal.v43i2.107266

M. Marlo

引用次数: 14