Case in Africa
This book provides a typological overview of the different manifestations of grammaticalized case systems in African languages. In the course of thoroughly analyzing case in roughly 100 African languages, Christa K--ouml--;nig reveals several features, such as tone as a marker for case, which are rare phenomena in other languages of the world. - ;This book provides a typological overview of the different manifestations of grammaticalized case systems in African languages. After defining and distinguishing case systems, Christa K--ouml--;nig begins a thorough analysis of case in roughly 100 Afr
eBook, English, 2008
Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK, 2008