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Peer reviewedWelmers, William E. – Language Sciences, 1970
Basically a defense of Joseph Greenberg's classification of African Languages (1963), this article also discusses in non-technical terms and in reference to the African situation how linguists deal with language change and how language relationships are determined. (FB)
Descriptors: African History, African Languages, Creoles, Diachronic Linguistics
