Presentational focus and thematic structure in comparative Bantu

Journal of African Languages and Linguistics

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-20

  Demuth, Katherine ^a   Mmusi, Sheila ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84933482885     PISSN: 01676164     EISSN: 16133811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/jall.1997.18.1.1     Document Type: Article

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