Diversity in African languages : selected papers from the 46th Annual Conference on African Linguistics
Diversity in African Languages contains a selection of revised papers from the 46th Annual Conference on African Linguistics, held at the University of Oregon. Most chapters focus on single languages, addressing diverse aspects of their phonology, morphology, semantics, syntax, information structure...
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| Materyal Türü: | Livre numérique |
| Dil: | Anglais |
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Berlin :
Language science press
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| Seri Bilgileri: | Contemporary African linguistics
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| Online Erişim: | http://langsci-press.org/catalog/book/121 Accès libre |
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Description d'après la consultation, 2018-11-30 Titre provenant de l'écran-titre La pagination de l'édition imprimée correspondante est de : 589 pages Language Science Press (hors Licence nationale) |
| Autres localisations: | Voir dans le Sudoc |
| Özet: | Diversity in African Languages contains a selection of revised papers from the 46th Annual Conference on African Linguistics, held at the University of Oregon. Most chapters focus on single languages, addressing diverse aspects of their phonology, morphology, semantics, syntax, information structure, or historical development. These chapters represent nine different genera: Mande, Gur, Kwa, Edoid, Bantu, Nilotic, Gumuzic, Cushitic, and Omotic. Other chapters investigate a mix of languages and families, moving from typological issues to sociolinguistic and inter-ethnic factors that affect language and accent switching. Some chapters are primarily descriptive, while others push forward the theoretical understanding of tone, semantic problems, discourse related structures, and other linguistic systems. The papers on Bantu languages reflect something of the internal richness and continued fascination of the family for linguists, as well as maturation of research on the family. The distribution of other papers highlights the need for intensified research into all the language families of Africa, including basic documentation, in order to comprehend linguistic diversities and convergences across the continent. In this regard, the chapter on Daats íin (Gumuzic) stands out as the first-ever published article on this hitherto unknown and endangered language found in the Ethiopian-Sudanese border lands. |
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| Diğer Bilgileri: | Description d'après la consultation, 2018-11-30 Titre provenant de l'écran-titre La pagination de l'édition imprimée correspondante est de : 589 pages Language Science Press (hors Licence nationale) |
| Materyal Türü: | Navigateur Web |
| Bibliyografya: | Notes bibliographiques en fin de chapitres. Index |
| ISBN: | 9783946234708 3946234704 9783946234715 3946234712 9781542598224 1542598222 |
| Erişim: | Accès libre en ligne à l'intégralité de la ressource Conditions de réutilisation soumise à la licence Creative Commons. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (consultée le 08/06/2026) |