Probing the interaction of language contact and internal innovation

The Bantu language Rangi is spoken at the northern borderlands of Tanzania, where Bantu, Cushitic and Nilotic languages meet. In many regards, Rangi exhibits the morphosyntax typically associated with East African Bantu: SVO word order, an extensive system of agreement and predominantly head-markin...

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Main Authors: Hannah Gibson, Lutz Marten
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: LibraryPress@UF 2019-07-01
Series:Studies in African Linguistics
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Online Access:https://ojs.test.flvc.org/sal/article/view/114932