Tense and aspect in Bantu /

Tense and aspect in Bantu /

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Author / Creator:	Nurse, Derek.
Imprint:	Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.
Description:	1 online resource (xviii, 401 pages) : illustrations, maps
Language:	English
Subject:	Bantu languages -- Tense. Bantu languages -- Aspect. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11280702

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ISBN:	0199239290 9780199239290 0191553603 9780191553608 9786611825621 6611825622
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-369) and indexes. Print version record.
Summary:	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.
Other form:	Print version: Nurse, Derek. Tense and aspect in Bantu. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008

Table of Contents:

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 ChangeAppendicesAcknowledgements