Derek Nurse

 

Research Interests

Historical linguistics; Comparative linguistics; Swahili: Historical Swahili; Ethnolinguistics; Bantu languages; East African languages; Language change (especially phonological change); Language contact; Phonology (especially phonological change), Typology, Interface of Linguistics, Archaeology, and History; Niger-Congo; Tense and Aspect Systems in Bantu and Niger-Congo.

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