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A NOTE ON ORTHOGRAPHY Several West African languages, but primarily the Yoruba language, are used in this volume. Spelling conventions make use of subscript markings (as in y, Q, and s) and the tone markings (as in a=low, e=mid, or 6 =high). Because conventions vary, each chapter is consistent unto itself. For the most part, subscript and tone markings are included in chapters where translations are important to the analysis, and omitted where they are not. ...

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