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African Linguistics in the 21st Century
Essays in Honor of Paul Newman
Edited by: Samuel Gyasi Obeng, Christopher R. Green. With contributions by: Michael C. Dow, Francis O. Egbokhare, Christopher R. Green, Abbie E. Hantgan-Sonko, Philip J. Jaggar †, Samson Lotven, Roxana Ma Newman, Samuel Gyasi Obeng, Seth A. Ofori, Nina Pawlak, Kofi K. Saah, Ronald P. Schaefer, H. Ekkehard Wolff. Series edited by: Wilhelm J.G. Möhlig †, Bernd Heine.
Series: GA Grammatical Analyses of African Languages Volume 55
2017155 pp.
4 colour photos, numerous tables and charts, index
Text language(s): English
Format: 180 x 240 mm
510 g
Hardcover
€ 69.80
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CONTENTS
Chapter 1: Introduction
Samuel G. Obeng, Indiana University / Christopher R. Green, Syracuse University
Chapter 2: Vocalogenesis in (Central) Chadic languages
H. Ekkehard Wolff, Emeritus Professor, Leipzig University
Chapter 3: Nasality and the Gengbe syllable
Samson Lotven, Indiana University / Samuel G. Obeng, Indiana University
Chapter 4: A weight-based analysis of Jóola Eegimaa lenition
Abbie E. Hantgan-Sonko
Chapter 5: The morphophonology of nouns in Najamba (Dogon)
Christopher R. Green, Syracuse University / Michael C. Dow, Université de Montréal
Chapter 6: Semanticization of some phonological attributes in sound imitating words in Akan
Seth A. Ofori, University of Ghana
Chapter 7: Emai serial verb domains – Symmetrical and asymmetrical
Ronald P. Schaefer, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville / Francis O. Egbokhare, University of Ibadan
Chapter 8: The null 3rd person object pronoun and the syntax of Akan
Kofi K. Saah, University of Ghana
Chapter 9: 'To be' and 'not to be' in Hausa – The question of grammar and communication
Nina Pawlak, University of Warsaw
Chapter 10: Paul Newman – The man and the scholar
Roxana Ma Newman, Indiana University
Philip J. Jaggar, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
Under these links you will find publications by the contributors, an earlier festschrift to the honour of Paul Newman and descriptions of further Atlantic, Chadic and Kwa languages and cultures:
„Chadic and Hausa Linguistics – Selected Papers of Paul Newman with Commentaries“ (see below).
The full review by Ahmadu Shehu can be found under PDF documents:
Accompanying material:
- Chadic and Hausa Linguistics
(ISBN 978-3-89645-043-2 ) - Goethe-Gedichte – in die Hausa-Sprache übertragen
(ISBN 978-3-89645-410-2 ) - Hausa Comparative Dictionary
(ISBN 978-3-927620-53-7 ) - Klingenheben’s Law in Hausa
(ISBN 978-3-89645-521-5 ) - Studia Africana
(ISBN 978-3-89645-915-2 ) - Studia Chadica
(ISBN 978-3-89645-195-8 ) - Studia Chadica et Hamitosemitica
(ISBN 978-3-927620-87-2 )
Cross-reference:
- A Dictionary of Emai
(ISBN 978-3-89645-468-3 ) - An English-Efutu Dictionary
(ISBN 978-3-89645-513-0 ) - Aspects of Co- and Subordination
(ISBN 978-3-89645-888-9 ) - Conversational Strategies in Akan
(ISBN 978-3-89645-262-7 ) - From the Tana River to Lake Chad – Research in African Oratures and Literatures
(ISBN 978-3-89645-836-0 ) - Historical Language Contact in Africa
(ISBN 978-3-89645-091-3 ) - Les classes nominales dans les langues atlantiques
(ISBN 978-3-89645-565-9 ) - Morphosyntaxe du jóola banjal
(ISBN 978-3-89645-548-2 ) - Our People’s Own (Ina Lamang)
(ISBN 978-3-89645-290-0 ) - Proceedings of the 2nd WOCAL World Congress of African Linguistics, Leipzig 1997
(ISBN 978-3-89645-124-8 ) - Proceedings of the 4th WOCAL World Congress of African Linguistics, New Brunswick 2003
(ISBN 978-3-89645-338-9 ) - Studies in Ghanaian Languages and Linguistics
(ISBN 978-3-89645-366-2 ) - The Blacksmiths of Kano City
(ISBN 978-3-927620-43-8 ) - The Lamang Language and Dictionary
(ISBN 978-3-89645-294-8 ) - Topics in Chadic Linguistics
(ISBN 978-3-89645-520-8 ) - Topics in West African Discourse-Pragmatics
(ISBN 978-3-89645-856-8 )
Reviews
Overall, the book is extremely interesting in many ways, especially the natural data-based analysis and varied theoretical approaches applied by the authors. The scope of the book, in terms of languages and topics covered, the influence of scholars, juxtaposed to the celebrant’s life and career, is simply amazing. However, it would have been even greater if all four of the African language families were represented to celebrate Newman san [sic] frontier.
Ahmadu Shehu in Studies of the Department of African Languages and Cultures, 52/2018, 161-165
PDF documents:
 | Review by Ahmadu Shehu in „Studies of the Department of African Languages and Cultures“ 52/2018, 161-165 | (≈ 3 MB) |
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