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dc.contributor.authorErastus, Kanana Fridah
dc.date.accessioned2015-05-06T08:37:53Z
dc.date.available2015-05-06T08:37:53Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.identifier.isbn10: 3631603762
dc.identifier.isbn13: 978-3631603765
dc.identifier.urihttp://ir-library.ku.ac.ke/handle/123456789/12581
dc.descriptionBooken_US
dc.description.abstractThis study is an investigation into the comparative phonology and lexicon of six barely-known Bantu varieties spoken in Kenya. These varieties (Imenti, Igoji, Tharaka, Mwimbi, Muthambi and Chuka) belong to the so-called Meru group. The study develops a new classification of these six dialects. Therefore, a dialectological approach is used, which includes the analysis of wordlists and lists of short phrases elicited in the field. From the data, isoglosses and similarities concerning morpho-phonological processes are drawn. The results show in which respects the dialects differ from each other. Thus, the present work contributes to comparative Bantu linguistics.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherPeter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften;en_US
dc.titleLexico-Phonological Comparative Analysis of Selected Dialects of the Meru-Tharaka Group (Schriften Zur Afrikanistik / Research in African Studies)en_US
dc.typeBooken_US


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