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The Oxford Handbook of African Languages

The Oxford Handbook of African Languages

The Oxford Handbook of African Languages
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ISBN-10:
0199609896
ISBN-13:
9780199609895
Pub. Date:
05/12/2020
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
ISBN-10:
0199609896
ISBN-13:
9780199609895
Pub. Date:
05/12/2020
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
The Oxford Handbook of African Languages

The Oxford Handbook of African Languages

Overview

This book provides a comprehensive overview of current research in African languages, drawing 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, with a particular focus on extralinguistic issues: language, cognition, and culture, including colour terminology and conversation analysis; language and society, including language contact and endangerment; language and history; and language and orature. This wide-ranging handbook will be a valuable reference for scholars and students in all areas of African linguistics and anthropology, and for anyone interested in descriptive, documentary, typological, and comparative linguistics.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780199609895
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication date: 05/12/2020
Series: Oxford Handbooks
Pages: 1104
Product dimensions: 9.80(w) x 7.20(h) x 2.40(d)

About the Author

Rainer Vossen is Professor Emeritus of African Studies at Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main. He has published descriptive and comparative studies on Khoisan, Nilotic, Bantu, and Mande languages as well as on dialectological, sociolinguistic, and historical topics. His recent books include the edited volumes The Khoesan Languages (Routledge, 2013), and African Sociolinguistic and Sociocultural Studies (Rudiger Koppe, 2014).

Gerrit J. Dimmendaal is Professor of African Studies at the University of Cologne. He has published descriptive and comparative studies on languages belonging to three different language families, Afroasiatic, Niger-Congo, and Nilo-Saharan, as well as on anthropological linguistics. His more recent monographs include Historical Linguistics and the Comparative Study of African Languages (Benjamins, 2011) and The Leopard's Spots: Essays on Language, Cognition and Culture (Brill, 2015).

Table of Contents

AcknowledgementsList of abbreviationsList of maps, figures, and tablesThe contributors1. Introduction, Gerrit J. Dimmendaal and Rainer VossenPart I: Domains of Grammar2. Phonology and phonetics, Michael J. Kenstowicz3. Tone, David Odden4. Morphology, Klaus Beyer5. Syntax, Jochen ZellerPart II: Language Comparison6. African language types, Rainer Vossen7. Dialectology and linguistic geography, Mena Lafkioui8. Reflections on the history of African language classification, Ludwig GerhardtPart III: Language Phyla and Families9. Niger-Congo, with a special focus on Benue-Congo, Jeff Good10. Atlantic, Friederike Lupke11. Mande, Henning Schreiber12. Kwa, Mary Esther Kropp Dakubu13. Gur, Gudrun Miehe14. Bantu and Bantoid, Lutz Marten15. Adamawa, Ulrich Kleinewillinghofer16. Ubangi, Helma Pasch17. Kordofanian, Nicolas Quint18. Afro-Asiatic overview, Victor Porkhomovsky19. Egyptian, Balazs J. Irsay-Nagy20. Berber, Maarten Kossmann21. East Cushitic, Mauro Tosco22. North Cushitic, Martine Vanhove23. Central Cushitic, Zelealem Leyew24. South Cushitic, Roland Kiessling25. Omotic, Bernhard Kohler26. Chadic, Bernard Caron27. Ethio-Semitic, Victor Porkhomovsky28. Nilo-Saharan and its limits, Gerrit J. Dimmendaal29. Saharan, Norbert Cyffer30. Eastern Sudanic, Gerrit J. Dimmendaal and Angelika Jakobi31. Central Sudanic, Pascal Boyeldieu32. Khoisan, Henry Honken33. Linguistic isolates, Gerrit J. DimmendaalPart IV: Languages Structures: Case Studies34. Bom-Kim, Tucker G. Childs35. Dan, Valentin Vydrin36. Biali, Coffi Sambieni37. Yukuben, Rose-Juliet Anyanwu38. Bende, Yuko Abe39. Waja, Ulrich Kleinewillinghofer40. Zande, Helma Pasch41. Zenaga, Catherine Taine-Cheikh42. Sidaama, Kazuhiro Kawachi43. Kolisi, Zelealem Leyew44. Iraqw, Maarten Mous45. Wandala, Zygmunt Frajzyngier46. Kumam, Osamu Hieda47. Baale, Gerrit J. Dimmendaal48. Songhay languages, Lameen Souag49. Cara, Rainer Vossen50. ǁX'egwi, Henry Honken51. Sandawe, Helen EatonPart V: Language, Cognition, and Culture52. Ideophones, Christa Kilian-Hatz53. Colour term systems: Genetic vs areal distribution in Sub-Saharan Africa, Doris L. Payne54. Experiencer constructions, Ulrike Zoch55. Language and ethnobotany, Karsten Legere56. Distinctive languages, Patricia Friedrich57. Conversation analysis, Maren Rusch58. Cognition and language, Axel FleischPart VI: Language and Society59. Indigenous African scripts, Andrij Rovenchak and Solomija Buk60. Language policy and politics, Kembo Sure61. Language and education, Ingse Skattum62. Language endangerment, documentation, and revitalization, James Essegbey63. Language birth: youth/town language, Ellen Hurst64. Language contact, Klaus Beyer65. Mixed languages: The case of Ma'a/Mbugu, Maarten Mous66. African languages in the Diaspora, Andrea Hollington67. Pidgin and creole languages, Gabriele Sommer68. Sign languages, Victoria A.S. Nyst69. Arabic in Africa, Jonathan Owens70. Orthography standardization, Elke Karan and David Roberts71. Pragmatics and communication, Thomas Bearth72. African languages in information and communication technology, Kristin Vold LexanderPart VII: Language and History73. Words, things, and meaning: Linguistics as a tool for historical reconstruction, David L. Schoenbrun74. Language and archaeology, Koen BostoenPart VIII: Language and Orature75. Narratives, Wilhelm J.G. Mohlig76. Proverbs, Sebastian K. Bemile77. Poetry, Clarissa VierkeLanguage indexAuthor indexSubject index
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