Zulu noun classes revisited: A spoken corpus-based approach

South African Journal of African Languages

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 11-21

  Ngcobo, Mtholeni N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA   (South Africa)

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EID: 79952865011     PISSN: 2572117     EISSN: 23051159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02572117.2010.10587332     Document Type: Article

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