An introduction to the study of African languages
By: by Carl Meinhof; Translated by A. Werner.
Contributors: Werner, Alice, 1859-1935, tr.; Struck, Bernhard, 1888-
Publisher: J.M. Dent & Sons; E.P. Dutton
Published: 1915
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 169
Subjects: African languages -- Study and teaching
Table of contents: title: Why do we study primitive languages?; title: A survey of African languages and language-families.; title: The study of sounds in Africa and its relation to general phonetics.; title: Rhythm and melody in African languages.; title: The morphological development of African languages.; title: The practical importance of African linguistics.; title: African philology as an auxiliary to other sciences.; title: The problems and the aim of African linguistics.; title: Note to the "Sketch map of African language-families," by Bernhard Struck.