This book discusses patterns of predication and their grammatical and semantic implications in a variety of African languages. It covers several prominent topic

This innovative handbook takes a fresh look at the currently underestimated linguistic diversity of Africa, the continent with the largest number of languages i

This book introduces beginning students and non-specialists to the diversity and richness of African languages. In addition to providing a solid background to t

Basing his analysis on a wide sample of languages, Stassen investigates cross-linguistic variation in one of the core domains of all natural languages - 'cognit

This book explores the thesis that in the Kwa languages of West Africa, aspect and modality are more central to the grammar of the verb than tense. Where tense