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ERIC Number: EJ116182
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Publication Date: 1975
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Possible Linguistic Africanisms
Meeussen, A. E.
Language Sciences, 35, 1-5, Apr 75
Africanisms are characteristics occurring frequently in African languages but rarely elsewhere. This paper reviews Africanisms presented by Greenberg and Larochette and submits a number of others with sociolinguistic and psycholinguistic relevance. Items are grouped according to phonology, morphology, syntax and lexicon. (CK)
Descriptors: African Languages, Contrastive Linguistics, Language Patterns, Lexicology, Linguistic Theory, Morphology (Languages), Phonetics, Phonology, Sociolinguistics, Syntax
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