Reconstructing morpheme order in Bantu: The case of causativization and applicativization

Diachronica

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 3-57

  Good, Jeff ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Applicative; Bantu; Causative; Diachronic morphology; Morpheme order; Template

Indexed keywords

EID: 23944472163     PISSN: 01764225     EISSN: 15699714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/dia.22.1.02goo     Document Type: Article

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