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Clement Martyn Doke
South African linguist (1893-1980) · South Africa · On the map · Academics · Died at 86
Clement Martyn Doke was a South African linguist working mainly on African languages.
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About this person
Realizing that the grammatical structures of Bantu languages are quite different from those of European languages, he was one of the first African linguists of his time to abandon the Euro-centric approach to language description for a more locally grounded one. A most prolific writer, he published a string of grammars, several dictionaries, comparative work, and a history of Bantu linguistics.
