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A MOUTON DE GRUYTER JOURNAL!!!!! Journal of African Languages and Linguistics (JALL) Editors: Felix K. Ameka and Maarten Mous ISSN 0167-6164 JALL ONLINE Online access is now available to all institutional subscribers of the print version at no extra charge. To register for free online access, please contact us at o-journalsMail to author|Respond to list|Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issuedeGruyter.com for more information. For a FREE ELECTRONIC SAMPLE ISSUE, please visit our website at http://www.degruyter.com Volume 23, Number 2, 2002 FROM THE CONTENTS Editorial note Corrigenda THOMAS L. COOK (1943-2001) Focus in Efik GERRIT J. DIMMENDAAL Constraining disharmony in Nilotic: What does an optimal system look like? THILO C. SCHADEBERG Progress in Bantu lexical reconstruction JOHN M. STEWART The potential of Proto-Potou-Akanic-Bantu as a pilot Proto-Niger-Congo, and the reconstructions updated Book Reviews BERNARD CARON The Hansa Language: An Encyclopedic Reference Grammar, by Paul Newman JEFFREY HEATH Linguistic Fieldwork, edited by Paul Newman and Martha Ratliff Recent publications in African linguistics For subscription information please contact the publisher: Mouton de Gruyter Genthiner Str. 13 10785 Berlin, Germany Fax: +49 30 26005 222 e-mail: wdg-info
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