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Word order in Toposa: An aspect of multiple feature-checking
An Eastern Nilotic language spoken in Southern Sudan, Toposa is highly inflectional and derivational, with a basic VSO word order. This 213-page book, both data-oriented and theoretical, is valuable for students of syntactic theory, language typology and discourse.
Language and globalization conference
The interaction of language and globalization were in focus at a conference sponsored by UNESCO and the United Nations University in Tokyo. An SIL paper emphasized the subsidiary benefits of education in the local language.
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