Domains and Regions in Bantu Tense and Aspect

Edited by: Robert Botne, Axel Fanego Palat. With an introduction by: Axel Fanego Palat. With contributions by: Rasmus Bernander, Robert Botne, Thera Marie Crane, Axel Fanego Palat, Nadine Grimm, Malin Petzell, Tim Roth. Series edited by: Wilhelm J.G. Möhlig †, Bernd Heine.

Series: GA Grammatical Analyses of African Languages Volume 62

2023
10 pp. Roman, 251 pp.
1 map, numerous diagrams, figures, tables and charts; appendix: The Domains and Regions Framework – An Overview; subject, language and person index
Text language(s): English
Format: 160 x 240 mm
410 g
Paperback
€ 69.80

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CONTENTS

Axel Fanego Palat: Introduction – Construing time and tense in a Domains and Regions framework

Robert Botne: Domains and Regions – Tense and the pluperfect(ive) in Kihehe, Bantu, and Beyond

Robert Botne: Manifest Status in Bantoid, Bantu, and Jukunoid Languages – Five Case Studies

Robert Botne / Malin Petzell / Nadine Grimm: Temporal Status vs. Timescape Status in Kami and Gyeli

Thera Marie Crane: Non-metrical Tense Distinctions in isiNdebele (South Africa)

Rasmus Bernander: Tense and Aspect in Manda – A Domains and Regions (DaR) Analysis

Tim Roth / Robert Botne: Discourse-Pragmatic Functions of Focus, Tense, and Aspect in Ishenyi Narratives

Glossary of terms

Appendix: The Domains and Regions Framework – An Overview

Index: Subjects, languages and names

 

Under these links you will find publications of the contributors and descriptions of further Bantu languages in monographs and paper collections:

Accompanying material:

• A Grammatical Sketch of the Lusaamia Verb (E.34/J.34) (ISBN 978-3-89645-546-8)
• A Learner’s Chichewa and English Dictionary (N.30) (ISBN 978-3-927620-10-0)
• A Lega and English Dictionary (D.25) (ISBN 978-3-927620-39-1)
• A Saafi-Saafi (Sébikotane Variety) and English // French Dictionary (ISBN 978-3-89645-509-3)
• Bantu Languages (ISBN 978-3-89645-705-9)
• Induktiver Aufbau des Urbantu (ISBN 978-3-89645-170-5)
• Issues in Bantu Tonology (ISBN 978-3-89645-033-3)
• Lucazi Grammar (ISBN 978-3-89645-038-8)

Cross-reference:

• A Grammatical Sketch of Chindamba (ISBN 978-3-89645-706-6)
• Atlas of Kamba Dialects (Kenya Bantu E.55) (ISBN 978-3-89645-708-0)
• Endangered Languages in Africa (ISBN 978-3-89645-305-1)
• Engagement with Africa (ISBN 978-3-89645-768-4)
• Mgombato – Digo-Swahili-English Dictionary (ISBN 978-3-89645-700-4)
• Namibian Languages (ISBN 978-3-89645-080-7)
• North-South Contributions to African Languages (ISBN 978-3-89645-889-6)
• Research Mate in African Linguistics – Focus on Cameroon (ISBN 978-3-89645-041-8)
• The Bantu Bibliography (ISBN 978-3-89645-181-1)
• The Bantu Languages of the Kenya Coast (ISBN 978-3-89645-716-5)
• The Ha Language of Tanzania (ISBN 978-3-89645-027-2)
• The Kagulu Language of Tanzania (G.12) (ISBN 978-3-89645-704-2)

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