A history of African linguistics / edited by H. Ekkehard Wolff.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Wolff, H. Ekkehard, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Linguistics--Africa--History.

Linguistics.

African languages.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxiii, 351 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2019.

Summary:

Bringing together a team of leading scholars, this volume forms the first global history of African linguistics as an autonomous academic discipline, covering Africa, America, Asia, Australia, and Europe. Defining African linguistics, the volume describes its emergence from a 'colonial science' at the turn of the twentieth century in Europe, where it was first established mainly in academic institutions of former colonial powers. Its riddance from the 'colonial project' is traced, following its 'de-colonialisation' and subsequent spread from imperialist Europe across all inhabited continents, with particular reference to its academic establishment in the various regions of Africa. Providing inside views of African linguistic research and its ramifications over time, active researchers in its various subfields present highly informative accounts of current and past research priorities and achievements. The twenty-six authors are themselves representatives of the various regions of both the world and Africa, in which African linguistics has become entrenched in academic institutions.

Contents:

The history of African linguistics / H. Ekkehard Wolff

Western Europe: African linguistics and the colonial project / Roland Kiessling

African linguistics in Central and Eastern Europe, and in the Nordic countries / Roland Kiessling, Nina Pawlak & Alexander Zheltov, Arvi Hurskainen

African linguistics in North Africa / Abderrahman el Aissati & Yamina el Kirat el Allame

African linguistics in North-Eastern Africa / Ronny Meyer, with Maria Bulakh, Angelika Jakobi, Marie-Claude Simeone-Senelle, Wolbert Smidt in cooperation with Rainer Voigt

African linguistics in Southern Africa / Sonja E. Bosch & Inge M. Kosch

African linguistics in Eastern Africa / Amani Lusekelo

African linguistics in official English-speaking West Africa / Bruce Connell & Akinbiyi Akinlabi

African linguistics in official French-speaking West and Central Africa / Philip Ngessimo Mathe Mutaka

African linguistics in official Portuguese- and Spanish-speaking Africa / Anne-Maria Fehn

African linguistics in the Americas / G. Tucker Childs, Margarida Petter

African linguistics in Asia and Australia / Shigeki Kaji, with Sun Xiaomeng, Yang Chul-Joon, John Hajek.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 26 Jun 2019).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-108-28505-8

1-108-28721-2

1-108-28397-7