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'The twenty-six authors found in this volume, who come from every inhabited continent on the planet, should be recognized for their valuable contribution to the broader field of African linguistics, as the reader now has access to a richer understanding of the synchronic and diachronic 'big picture' as it concerns language usage and the study of language usage on the African continent.' Troy E. Spier, Linguist

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H. Ekkehard Wolff is Professor Emeritus at Universität Leipzig, where he retired from the Chair of African Linguistics (Afrikanistik) in 2009. He has taught extensively in Ethiopia, Niger, Nigeria, South Africa and Finland. He has published over twenty-five books, including The Cambridge Handbook of African Linguistics (Cambridge, forthcoming), Multilingualism and Intercultural Communication: A South African Perspective (2017) and Language and Development in Africa (Cambridge, 2016).

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