Bantu Languages

Analyses, Description and Theory

Edited by: Karsten Legère, Christina Thornell. With contributions by: Sonja E. Bosch, Laura J. Downing, Margaret Dunham, Bernd Heine, Bonnie Henson, Sû-tôôg-nooma Kukka Kabore, Ahmad Kipacha, Joseph Koni Muluwa, Nancy C. Kula, Constance Kutsch Lojenga, Stephen H. Levinsohn, Emmanuel-Moselly Makasso, Lutz Marten, Joyce T. Mathangwane, Nhlanlha N. Mathonsi, Al Mtenje, Kuniya Nasukawa, Malin Petzell, Odile Racine, Kristina Riedel, Josephat M. Rugemalira, Oliver Stegen, Anna Yu. Urmanchieva, Mark Van de Velde, Marianna Visser, Nobuko Yoneda. Series edited by: Bernd Heine, Wilhelm J.G. Möhlig †.

Series: EALD East African Languages and Dialects Volume 20

This publication is a selected collection of peer-reviewed papers from the 2nd Inter­national Bantu Conference held at the University of Gothenburg /Sweden in October 2007. The conference was a well-attended meeting that assembled Bantu­ists and Bantu language experts from four continents. The volume focuses on a wide range of topics that are relevant in the field of Bantu linguistics covering many areas where Bantu languages are distributed in sub-Saharan Africa, predominantly Tanzania and the Eastern African region. From a topical perspective, all linguistic disciplines excluding socio-lin­guistics are paid attention to.

CONTENTS

Sonja Bosch: Rule-based Morphological Analysis – Shared Challenges, Shared Solutions

Laura J. Downing: Prosodic Phrasing in Relative Clauses – A Comparative Look at Zulu, Chewa and Tumbuka

Bernd Heine / Margaret Dunham: Grammaticalization in Bantu Languages with Special Reference to Swahili

Bonnie Henson: Second Position Effects in Kol, a Bantu Language of Cameroon

Odile Racine-Issa / Sû-tôôg-nooma Kukka Kabore:  Intricate Relations in Standard Swahili – The Syntax of Three Argument Constructions

Ahmad Kipacha: The Quest for Mgao Coastal Swahili – Latest Findings

Joseph Koni Muluwa: La dénomination de plantes en mbuun, mpiin et nsong – Procédés de creation lexicale et principes sémantiques

Nancy C. Kula / Lutz Marten: Argument Structure and Agency in Bemba Passives

Constance Kutsch Lojenga: Vowel Shortening in the Noun Phrase in Malila

Stephen H. Levinsohn: Towards a Typology of Story Development Marking

Emmanuel-Moselly Makasso: Functions of Prosody in Spontaneous Speech in Bàsàa (Bantu A 43) – The Case of Melisms

Nhlanlha N. Mathonsi: A Headword Identification Problem of Nouns in Zulu Dictionaries

Joyce T. Mathangwane / Al Mtenje: Tone and Reduplication in Wandya and Subiya

Kuniya Nasukawa: Prosodic Affiliation of NC Sequences in Lungu (Cilungu)

Malin Petzell: Further Analysis of Negation in Kagulu

Kristina Riedel: Coordination and Subject/Object Marking in Sambaa

Josephat Rugemalira: The -ag- TAM Marker and the Boundary between Cliticization and Affixation in Bantu

Oliver Stegen: What Can Stylistic Comparison of Rangi Stories Tell us about Grammatical Description?

Christina Thornell: Morphology of Plant Names in the Mpiemo Language

Anna Yu. Urmanchieva: Grammaticalization of Narrative Patterns in Ngindo Verbal Morphology

Mark Van de Velde: The Syntax of Verb Complements and the Loss of the Applicative in Eton (A71)

Marianna Visser: Definiteness and Specificity in the Xhosa Determiner Phrase

Nobuko Yoneda: Topical Hierarchy and Grammatical Agreement in Matengo (N13)

General Bibliography

Under these links you will find publications of the contributors and descriptions of further African Bantu languages:

Accompanying material:

• A Dictionary of the Rumanyo Language (ISBN 978-3-89645-601-4)
• Atlas of Kamba Dialects (Kenya Bantu E.55) (ISBN 978-3-89645-708-0)
• Domains and Regions in Bantu Tense and Aspect (ISBN 978-3-89645-772-1)
• Igikuria Phonology and Morphology (E.40) (ISBN 978-3-89645-029-6)
• Issues in Bantu Tonology (ISBN 978-3-89645-033-3)
• Konzeptualisierung von Landschaft im Mbukushu (K.333/K.43) Bantusprache in Nord-Namibia) (ISBN 978-3-89645-600-7)
• Legenden, Märchen und Fabeln aus Ruanda (ISBN 978-3-89645-743-1)
• Linguistic Salvage – Isubu and Wovea (Bantu A231) (ISBN 978-3-89645-770-7)
• Mgombato – Digo-Swahili-English Dictionary (ISBN 978-3-89645-700-4)
• Phonology and Morphology of Ekegusii (E.42) (ISBN 978-3-89645-026-5)
• Reference Grammar of Herero (Otjiherero) (ISBN 978-3-89645-602-1)
• Swahili Proverbs from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (ISBN 978-3-89645-744-8)
• Swahili-Handbuch (ISBN 978-3-927620-06-3)
• Tales, Fables and Narratives of Rwanda (ISBN 978-3-89645-745-5)
• 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)
• Trommeln in der Kirche (ISBN 978-3-89645-917-6)
• Wörterbuch Kinyarwanda–Deutsch (ISBN 978-3-89645-588-8)

Cross-reference:

• A Descriptive Grammar of Basaa (A.43) (ISBN 978-3-89645-773-8)
• Ngiti (ISBN 978-3-927620-71-1)
• North-South Contributions to African Languages (ISBN 978-3-89645-889-6)
• Swahili Plants (ISBN 978-3-927620-89-6)
• The Akie Language of Tanzania (ISBN 978-3-89645-714-1)
• The Mukogodo Maasai (ISBN 978-3-927620-86-5)
• Wörterbuch Swahili-Deutsch (ISBN 978-3-89645-165-1)

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