Storyline concerns and word order typology in East and West Africa
By: Robert E. Longacre
Series: Studies in African linguistics -- 10
Publisher: James S. Coleman African Studies Center and the Dept. of Linguistics, University of California at Los Angeles
Published: 1990
Place of publication: Los Angeles, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 181
Subjects: African languages; Word order; Discourse analysis
Description: "This volume considers data from some forty African languages on the East and West sides of the continent in an effort to answer the question, 'How do languages of different word order typologies tell a story?'
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [179]-181)