Reconstruction through ‘de-construction’: The marking of person, gender, and number in the Khoe family and Kwadi

Diachronica

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 251-306

  Güldemann, Tom ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Gender; Khoe; Khoisan; Kwadi; Number; Person; Pronoun

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248705245     PISSN: 01764225     EISSN: 15699714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/dia.21.2.02gul     Document Type: Article

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