The Languages and Linguistics of Africa
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The Languages and Linguistics of Africa

  1. 1,032 pages
  2. English
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eBook - ePub

The Languages and Linguistics of Africa

About this book

This innovative handbook takes a fresh look at the currently underestimated linguistic diversity of Africa, the continent with the largest number of languages in the world. It covers the major domains of linguistics, offering both a representative picture of Africa's linguistic landscape as well as new and at times unconventional perspectives. The focus is not so much on exhaustiveness as on the fruitful relationship between African and general linguistics and the contributions the two domains can make to each other. This volume is thus intended for readers with a specific interest in African languages and also for students and scholars within the greater discipline of linguistics.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Preface
  5. List of contributors
  6. Table of contents
  7. 1. A survey of African languages · Harald Hammarström
  8. 2. Historical linguistics and genealogical language classification in Africa · Tom Güldemann
  9. 3. Language contact and areal linguistics in Africa Tom Güldemann and n. n
  10. 3.1. Contact and contact languages (omitted)
  11. 3.2. Areal linguistics beyond contact, and linguistic areas in Afrabia · Tom Güldemann
  12. References
  13. 4. Phonetics and African languages · Ian Maddieson
  14. 5. Current issues in African phonology · Florian Lionnet and Larry M. Hyman
  15. 6. Current issues in African morphosyntax · Denis Creissels and Jeff Good
  16. 6.1. Current issues in African morphosyntactic typology · Denis Creissels
  17. 6.2. African languages and formal linguistics frameworks · Jeff Good
  18. References
  19. 7. Anthropological and cognitive linguistics in Africa (omitted)
  20. 8. African socio- and applied linguistics · H. Ekkehard Wolff
  21. Further Reading
  22. Index 1: Subjects
  23. Index 2: Languages, language groups, and areas