An introduction to the study of African languages / by Carl Meinhof; Translated by A. Werner

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Author: Meinhof, Carl 1857-1944; Werner, Alice 1859-1935; Struck, Bernhard 1888-

Contents: Why do we study primitive languages?--A survey of African languages and language-families.--The study of sounds in Africa and its relation to general phonetics.--Rhythm and melody in African languages.--The morphological development of African languages.--The practical importance of African linguistics.--African philology as an auxiliary to other sciences.--The problems and the aim of African linguistics.--Note to the "Sketch map of African language-families," by Bernhard Struck

1915

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