Patterns of Linguistic Convergence in Africa

Edited by: Rainer Voßen, Christa König. With contributions by: Christopher Ehret, Zygmunt Frajzyngier, Tom Güldemann, Petra In der Smitten, Roland Kießling, Christa Kilian-Hatz, Maarten Kossmann, Tania Kuteva, Christa König, Salikoko S. Mufwene, Wilhelm J.G. Möhlig †, Ongaye Oda Orkaydo, Gabriele Sommer, Mauro Tosco, Rainer Voßen, Zelealem Leyew.

Series: FAB Frankfurt African Studies Bulletin Year 2015/2016, Volume 27/28

2019
243 pp.
4 colour stratigraphies, numerous tables and graphs
Text language(s): English
Format: 160 x 240 mm
480 g
Paperback
€ 59.80

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CONTENTS

Christopher Ehret: Validating the Nilo-Saharan phonological reconstruction – The testimony of loanword seriation

Zygmunt Frajzyngier: Borrowed grammaticalization and grammaticalization on a borrowing

Tom Güldemann: Person–gender–number marking from Proto-Khoe–Kwadi to its descendants – A rejoinder with particular reference to language contact

Roland Kießling: The non-genetic origin of the Mungaka language of Bali – Searching for a superstrate

Christa Kilian-Hatz: Passive in Khoe (Central Khoisan) – A case of contact-induced grammaticalization?

Maarten Kossmann: Sub-Saharan influence on Tuareg morphology – Case of full reduplication

Tania Kuteva / Petra In der Smitten: European borders – Political and linguistic

Wilhelm J.G. Möhlig: The semantic structure of the riparian landscape terminology of Rumanyo in an etymological perspective

Salikoko S. Mufwene: Grammaticization in the development of creoles

Ongaye Oda Orkaydo / Mauro Tosco: Morphological similarity and contact – Plurals, punctuals and pluractionals in Konso and Gawwada (Cushitic, Southwest Ethiopia)

Gabriele Sommer: How to say ‘no’ in Shiyeyi – Negation, language change and contact-induced phenomena in a south-western Bantu language

Zelealem Leyew: Subordinate clauses in Awŋi

 

Under these links you will find publications by the contributors and further studies of convergence phenomena:

Accompanying material:

• A Concise Dictionary of Northwestern !Xun (ISBN 978-3-89645-149-1)
• A Dictionary of the Rumanyo Language (ISBN 978-3-89645-601-4)
• A Grammar of Ayer Tuareg (Niger) (ISBN 978-3-89645-930-5)
• A Grammatical Sketch of Rugciriku (Rumanyo) (ISBN 978-3-89645-542-0)
• Atlas of Kamba Dialects (Kenya Bantu E.55) (ISBN 978-3-89645-708-0)
• Deictics, Copula, and Focus in the Ethiopian Convergence Area (ISBN 978-3-89645-293-1)
• Grammatical and Semantic Relations in Hausa (ISBN 978-3-89645-540-6)
• Mungaka (Bali) Dictionary (ISBN 978-3-927620-30-8)
• The Bantu Languages of the Kenya Coast (ISBN 978-3-89645-716-5)

Cross-reference:

• A Dictionary of Sandawe (ISBN 978-3-89645-867-4)
• A Gawwada Dictionary (ISBN 978-3-89645-494-2)
• A Grammar of Gawwada (ISBN 978-3-89645-493-5)
• A Historical-Comparative Reconstruction of Nilo-Saharan (ISBN 978-3-89645-098-2)
• Dictionary of Hdi (ISBN 978-3-89645-299-3)
• Die Khoe-Sprachen (ISBN 978-3-927620-59-9)
• Ethnographie des Sprachwechsels (ISBN 978-3-927620-25-4)
• Folktales of the Kxoe in the West Caprivi (ISBN 978-3-89645-081-4)
• Khwe Dictionary (ISBN 978-3-89645-083-8)
• Speech Acts and Speech Events in African Languages (ISBN 978-3-89645-893-3)
• The Akie Language of Tanzania (ISBN 978-3-89645-714-1)
• The Kemantney Language (ISBN 978-3-89645-067-8)
• Verbal Serialisation in Isu (West Ring) (ISBN 978-3-89645-555-0)

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