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: 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

 

Following these links, you will find further descriptions of African Bantu languages in monographs and paper collections:

Accompanying material:

• Bantu Languages (ISBN 978-3-89645-705-9)
• Endangered Languages in Africa (ISBN 978-3-89645-305-1)
• Induktiver Aufbau des Urbantu (ISBN 978-3-89645-170-5)
• The Bantu Bibliography (ISBN 978-3-89645-181-1)

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)
• Lucazi Grammar (ISBN 978-3-89645-038-8)
• Mgombato – Digo-English-Swahili Dictionary (ISBN 978-3-89645-700-4)
• Namibian Languages (ISBN 978-3-89645-080-7)
• The Bantu Languages of the Kenya Coast (ISBN 978-3-89645-716-5)
• The Kagulu Language of Tanzania (ISBN 978-3-89645-704-2)

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