The Oxford handbook of African languages / edited by Rainer Vossen and Gerrit J. Dimmendaal.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Vossen, Rainer, editor.

Dimmendaal, Gerrit Jan, editor.

Series:

Oxford handbooks in linguistics

Oxford handbooks online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African languages.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1104 pages).

Other Title:

African languages

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2020.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Providing a comprehensive overview of current research in African languages, this text draws on insights from anthropological linguistics, typology, historical and comparative linguistics, and sociolinguistics. Africa is believed to host at least one third of the world's languages, usually classified into four phyla - Niger-Congo, Afro-Asiatic, Nilo-Saharan, and Khoisan - which are then subdivided into further families and subgroupings. This volume explores all aspects of research in the field, beginning with chapters that cover the major domains of grammar and comparative approaches. Later parts provide overviews of the phyla and subfamilies, alongside grammatical sketches of eighteen representative African languages of diverse genetic affiliation. The volume additionally explores multiple other topics relating to African languages and linguistics.

Contents:

Introduction / Gerrit J. Dimmendaal, Rainer Vossen

Central Sudanic / Pascal Boyeldieu

Language Endangerment, Documentation, and Revitalization / James Essegbey

Bom-Kim / G. Tucker Childs

Saharan / Norbert Cyffer

Kwa / Mary Esther Kropp Dakubu

Nilo-Saharan and its Limits / Gerrit J. Dimmendaal

Linguistic Isolates / Gerrit J. Dimmendaal

Baale / Gerrit J. Dimmendaal

Sandawe / Helen Eaton

Cognition and Language / Axel Fleisch

Bende / Yuko Abe

Wandala / Zygmunt Frajzyngier

Narratives / Wilhelm J. G. Möhlig

Ethio-Semitic / Victor Porkhomovsky

Reflections on the History of African Language Classification / Ludwig Gerhardt

Kumam / Osamu Hieda

Khoisan / Henry Honken

ǁX'egwi / Henry Honken

Language Birth: Youth/Town Language / Ellen Hurst

Chadic / Bernard Caron

Sidaama / Kazuhiro Kawachi

Phonology and Phonetics / Michael J. Kenstowicz

South Cushitic / Roland Kießling

Ideophones / Christa Kilian-Hatz

Adamawa / Ulrich Kleinewillinghöfer

Waja / Ulrich Kleinewillinghöfer

Omotic / Bernhard Köhler

Berber / Maarten Kossmann

Proverbs / Sebastian K. Bemile

Dialectology and Language Geography / Mena B. Lafkioui

Niger-Congo, with a special focus on Benue-Congo / Jeff Good

Language and Ethnobotany / Karsten Legère

African languages in information and communication technology / Kristin Vold Lexander

Central Cushitic / Zelealem Leyew

Kolisi / Zelealem Leyew

Atlantic / Friederike Lüpke

Gur / Gudrun Miehe

Iraqw / Maarten Mous

Mixed Languages: The case of Ma'á/Mbugu / Maarten Mous

Sign Languages / Victoria Nyst

Poetry / Clarissa Vierke

Tone / David Odden

Ubangi / Helma Pasch

Zande / Helma Pasch

Colour term systems: Genetic vs areal distribution in Sub-Saharan Africa / Doris L. Payne

Experiencer Constructions / Ulrike Zoch

Biali / Coffi Sambiéni

Kordofanian / Nicolas Quint

Mande / Henning Schreiber

Language and Education / Ingse Skattum

Pidgin and Creole Language / Gabriele Sommer

Pragmatics and Communication / Thomas Bearth

East Cushitic / Mauro Tosco

North Cushitic / Martine Vanhove

Dan / Valentin Vydrin

Syntax / Jochen Zeller

Arabic in Africa / Jonathan Owens

Morphology / Klaus Beyer

Cara / Rainer Vossen

African language types / Rainer Vossen

Afro-Asiatic overview / Victor Porkhomovsky

Egyptian / Balázs J. Irsay-Nagy

Eastern Sudanic / Gerrit J. Dimmendaal, Angelika Jakobi

Yukuben / Rose-Juliet Anyanwu

Zenaga / Catherine Taine-Cheikh

Songhay languages / Lameen Souag

Distinctive languages / Patricia Friedrich

Conversation analysis / Maren Rüsch

Bantu and Bantoid / Lutz Marten

Indigenous African scripts / Andrij Rovenchak, Solomija Buk

Language policy and politics / Kembo Sure

Language contact / Klaus Beyer

African languages in the Diaspora / Andrea Hollington

Orthography standardization / Elke Karan, David Roberts

Words, things, and meaning: Linguistics as a tool for historical reconstruction / David L. Schoenbrun

Language and Archaeology / Koen Bostoen.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

9780191750236

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