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<br> Case in Africa is an essential reference for researchers of African languages and case studies. It is impossible for any linguist to have in-depth linguistic knowledge of more than only a few languages spoken in the world and yet this book makes it possible for researchers to gain access to languages which have been unknown to them before, and also to compare such languages in a valid manner with the languages with which they are well acquainted. The implication of a publication such as this is therefore enormous, because it has a ripple effect in a variety of other areas of comparative language studies.--Journal of Word Structure<p><br>

<br> Case in Africa is an essential reference for researchers of African languages and case studies. It is impossible for any linguist to have in-depth linguistic knowledge of more than only a few languages spoken in the world and yet this book makes it possible for researchers to gain access to languages which have been unknown to them before, and also to compare such languages in a valid manner with the languages with which they are well acquainted. The implication of a publication such as this is therefore enormous, because it has a ripple effect in a variety of other areas of comparative language studies.--Journal of Word Structure<br>

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Christa König is a Lecturer in African cultures and languages at the Centre for African Studies, University of Frankfurt. She has taught at the universities of Cologne, Zurich, and Gwangjuk (Korea), and has carried out field research in East Africa and Namibia; she is presently working on the Khoisan language !Xun. Her book publications include Aspekt in Maa (1994) and Kasus im Ik (2002).

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