Drawing up the macrostructure of a nguni dictionary, with special reference to isindebele

South African Journal of African Languages

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 11-25

  de Schryver, Gilles Maurice ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b RESEARCH FOUNDATION FLANDERS FWO   (Belgium)

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EID: 24144496150     PISSN: 2572117     EISSN: 23051159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02572117.2003.10587203     Document Type: Article

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