Papers in African LinguisticsChin-u Kim, Herbert Stahlke |
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African languages Almaz alternation analysis appear apply Bantu Bantu languages basic become causative classification clear comparative concord consider consonant contain corresponding covered deep structure deletion derived determinants discussion distinction element ending English evidence example extension fact falling Fe'fe final further Ganda given grammar Hausa high tone human ideophones indicate initial involved Kpelle least lexical Linguistics Loma low tone lowered marked meaning Mende morpheme morphological Musa names nasal natural nominal noun class object occur PAST pattern person phrase pitch plural position possible preceding prefix present pronoun proposed question RAISING reduplication reference regular relative represents result rule semantic sentence similar singular sonorant stem stick stops structure Studies suffix suggested surface syllable syntactic Table tense tonal topic underlying University verb verbal voicing vowel