The past and present in marking futurity in sango

Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 53-106

  Samarin, William J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bangala; Copula; Euro creoles; Future tense; Juba Arabic; Lingala; Missionary linguistics; Monokutuba; Ngbandi; Prescriptive grammars; Sango; Substratal influence; Temporal adverbs; Ubangian languages; Urban language; Variation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84989380204     PISSN: 09209034     EISSN: 15699870     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/jpcl.16.1.03sam     Document Type: Article

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