The Verb in Nyakyusa (Second edition) A focus on tense, aspect, and modality

Nyakyusa is an underdescribed Bantu language spoken by around 800.000 speakers in the Mbeya Region of Tanzania. This book provides a detailled description of the verb in this language. The topics covered include the complex morphophonological and morphological processes as well as verb-to-verb deriv...

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Main Author: Persohn, Bastian (auth)
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Published: Language Science Press 2020
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