Norber Cyffer & Georg Ziegelmeyer (eds.), When Languages Meet. Language Contact and Change in West Africa, “Topics in African Studies” 13, Köln: Rüdiger Köppe Verlag, 2009, 160 pp.
Journal Title: Studies in African Languages and Cultures - Year 2010, Vol 1, Issue 44
Abstract
A review of a book "When Languages Meet. Language Contact and Change in West Africa" by Norber Cyffer & Georg Ziegelmeyer (eds.).
Authors and Affiliations
Nina Pawlak
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