A grammar of Mursi, a Nilo-Saharan language
Worku, Firew Girma (2020) A grammar of Mursi, a Nilo-Saharan language. PhD thesis, James Cook University.
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Abstract
Firew Girma Worku completed a reference Grammar of Mursi, a Nilo-Saharan Language spoken in the Lower Omo Valley, in Southwestern Ethiopia. This is the first detailed documentation of this little-known language for its speakers. It is a valuable source material for linguists who are interested in the descriptive, documentation, and comparative studies of the Surmic Group languages.
Item ID: | 65453 |
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Item Type: | Thesis (PhD) |
Keywords: | ISO 639-3 muz, Mursi, Nilo-Saharan languages, Surmic Group languages, Lower Omo Valley, Ethiopia, reference grammars, linguistic analysis, Basic Linguistic Theory (BLT) |
Copyright Information: | © 2020 Firew Girma Worku. |
Date Deposited: | 29 Jan 2021 02:39 |
FoR Codes: | 20 LANGUAGE, COMMUNICATION AND CULTURE > 2004 Linguistics > 200408 Linguistic Structures (incl Grammar, Phonology, Lexicon, Semantics) @ 100% |
SEO Codes: | 97 EXPANDING KNOWLEDGE > 970120 Expanding Knowledge in Language, Communication and Culture @ 100% |
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