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Language history and linguistic description in Africa

Title: Language history and linguistic description in Africa / edited by Ian Maddieson and Thomas J. Hinnebusch.
Publication: Trenton, NJ : Africa World Press, ©1998.

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x, 316 pages : maps; 24 cm

Summary

Selected papers of the twenty-sixth annual conference on African linguisitics, held Mar 23-25, 1995, in Santa Monica, Calif., sponsored by the University of California, Los Angeles.

Series Statement

Trends in African linguistics ; 2

Uniform Title

Trends in African linguistics ; 2.

Subject

Genre/Form

Kongress – Santa Monica (Calif.) – 1995.
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Note

Selected papers of the Twenty-Sixth Annual Conference on African Linguistics, held Mar. 23-25, 1995, in Santa Monica, Calif., sponsored by the University of California, Los Angeles.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Language (note)

Chiefly in English; includes one paper in French.

Contents

Preface / Ian Maddieson and Thomas J. Hinnebusch -- Entre Oubanguien et Soudan central : les langues banda / France Cloarec-Heiss -- Classifying Cross River / Bruce Connell -- The place of Mande in Niger-Congo / David Dwyer -- Fula imperfective forms in a grammaticalization perspective / Rolf Theil Endresen -- The fates of [+ATR] /a/ in Nilotic / R.M.R. Hall and Chet Creider -- Thoughts on a model for describing linguistic relationships / Robert Nicolai -- Internal classification of the Bantoid language group, with special focus on the relations between Narrow Bantu, Southern Bantoid and Northern Bantoid / Pascale Piron -- Comparison and classification of Khoisan languages / Bonny E. Sands -- Discontinuous remoteness in Dagaare / Scott Schwenter -- Issues in the North/South syntactic split of East Bantu / Benji Wald -- Opacity effects in Optimal Domains theory: Evidence from Ekegusii / Lee S. Bickmore -- Tone alternations in the associative construction of Suma / Mary Bradshaw -- Nasal assimilation and labial-velar geometry / Mike Cahill -- Palatalization in SiSwati / Su-I. Chen and Gloria Malambe -- Case-tone Marking in Igbo Nouns, with special reference to the associative construction / Michael J.C. Echeruo -- Collapsing vowel harmony and doubly-articulated fricatives: two myths about the Avatime phonological system / Ian Maddieson -- Imbrication in Ciyao / Armindo Ngunga -- Verbal tone melodies in Kikerewe / David Odden -- Empty root nodes in Kikamba: Conflicting evidence and theoretical implications / Ruth Roberts-Kohno -- Serial verb constructions as complex predicates: Evidence from Dagaare and Akan / Adams Bodomo -- The mandatory subject reference pronoun in Mbay: an informal study / John Keegan -- Allomorphy and the morphology-syntax distinction in Ikalanga / Joyce Mathangwane -- Semantic structure of Bantu noun classes / Jeri Moxley -- Gikuyu NP morphosyntax / John Mugane -- Towards a typology of applicatives in Bantu languages / Deo Ngonyani -- Serial verbs and V-V compounds / Kunio Nishiyama -- Emai's temporal adverbs / Ron Schaefer and Francis Egbokhare -- Planning national language: the Hausa factor in language policy for Nigeria / Frank Arasanyin -- Comparing Nguni and Sotho: A sociolinguistic classification / Sarah Slabbert and Rosalie Finlayson -- The education variable in language patterns in the Republic of Congo / David Woods.

ISBN

0865436312
9780865436312
0865436320
9780865436329

LCCN

97044592

OCLC

ocm37806247
37806247
SCSB-9333053

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Princeton University Library