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1 online resource (ix, 317 pages) : illustrations. |
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text file |
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Current issues in linguistic theory ; 100
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Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series IV, Current issues in linguistic theory ; v. 100.
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Contents |
TOPICS IN AFRICAN LINGUISTICS; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Table of contents; EDITORS' FOREWORD; PART ONE: MORPHOSYNTAX; CONCEPTUAL ISSUES IN THE COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE BANTU VERB STEM; EWE VERBS IN DERIVATION AND PERIPHRASTIC CONSTRUCTIONS; LES PROCEDES REPETITIFS EN KIKONGO: LE REDOUBLEMENT ET LA REDUPLICATION; CLITIC CLIMBING IN BANTU; THE YORUBA SERIAL VERB CONSTRUCTION: A COMPLEX OR SIMPLE SENTENCE?; LA NEGATION EN GBAYA 'BODOE; PART TWO: SEMANTICS; NAMES AND HONORIFIC PRONOUNS IN GBORBOKRAHN; LUOPERSONALNAMES: REFERENCE AND MEANING. |
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Time-stability: the case of adjectives in kivunjo-chagaon the typological character of property concepts in emai; part three: phonology; verb structure and tone in chiyao; on the reduced nasal phoneme of manding; part four: language contact; language variation and change in pervasively multilingual societies: bantu languages; building the frame in codeswitching: evidence from africa; phonological similarities between sango and its base language: is sango a pidgin/creole or a koiné?; can language planning work? theory versus practice in africa; author index; language index. |
| Summary |
The 16 papers in this volume are revised versions of papers presented at the conference; they represent the state of the art in various subfields of African linguistics into which the book is organized: (1) morphosyntax, (2) semantics, (3) phonology, and (4) language contact. The last part covers topics such as code-switching and mixing, pidginization/creolization, and language planning. The papers in Part I: Morphosyntax focus particularly on the verb and verb phrase in a variety of Niger-Congo languages, discussing several aspects of the verb morphology. The specific languages discussed inclu. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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African languages -- Congresses.
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African languages. |
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African languages -- Social aspects -- Congresses.
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African languages -- Social aspects. |
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Sociolinguistics -- Africa -- Congresses.
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Sociolinguistics. |
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Africa. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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| Added Author |
Mufwene, Salikoko S.
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Moshi, Lioba J.
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Annual Conference on African Linguistics (21st : 1990 : Athens, Georgia)
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Papers from the XXI Annual Conference on African Linguistics, University of Georgia, April 1990 |
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Print version: Mufwene, Salikoko S. Topics in African Linguistics : Papers from the XXI Annual Conference on African Linguistics, University of Georgia, April 1990. Amsterdam/Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, ©1993 9789027236104 |
| ISBN |
9789027277107 (electronic book) |
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9027277109 (electronic book) |
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1283313081 |
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9781283313087 |
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