Topics in African linguistics : papers from the XXI Annual Conference on African Linguistics, University of Georgia, April 1990 / edited by Salikoko S. Mufwene, Lioba Moshi ; with the assistance of Ben G. Blount and Deborah Schmidt.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

Mufwene, Salikoko S.

Moshi, Lioba J.

Conference Name:

Annual Conference on African Linguistics (21st : 1990 : University of Georgia)

Series:

Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Current issues in linguistic theory ; Series IV, 100.

Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series IV, Current issues in linguistic theory, 0304-0763 ; v. 100

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African languages--Congresses.

African languages.

African languages--Social aspects--Congresses.

Sociolinguistics--Africa--Congresses.

Sociolinguistics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 317 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., 1993.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The 16 papers in this volume are revised versions of papers presented at the conference; they represent the state of the art in various subfields of African linguistics into which the book is organized: (1) morphosyntax, (2) semantics, (3) phonology, and (4) language contact. The last part covers topics such as code-switching and mixing, pidginization/creolization, and language planning. The papers in Part I: Morphosyntax focus particularly on the verb and verb phrase in a variety of Niger-Congo languages, discussing several aspects of the verb morphology.

Contents:

pt. 1. Morphosyntax

pt. 2. Semantics

pt. 3. Phonology

pt. 4. Language contact.

Notes:

Selection of papers presented at the 21st Conference on African Linguistics, held Apr. 12-14, 1990, University of Georgia.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

1-283-31308-1

9786613313089

90-272-7710-9

OCLC:

759101397