A computational morphological analyser for northern sotho deverbative nouns: Applying xerox finite-state software to traditional grammar

South African Journal of African Languages

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 59-70

  Kotzé, Petronella M ^a   Anderson, Winston N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA   (South Africa)

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EID: 34548829990     PISSN: 2572117     EISSN: 23051159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02572117.2005.10587249     Document Type: Article

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