Khoisan Languages and Linguistics – 2nd Symposium 2006

Proceedings of the 2nd Int. Symposium, January 8–12, 2006, Riezlern/Kleinwalsertal

Edited by: Sonja Ermisch. With contributions by: Matthias Brenzinger, Anderson M. Chebanne, Helen Eaton, Edward D. Elderkin, Mats Exter, Wilfrid H.G. Haacke, Henry J. Honken †, Roland Kießling, Christa König, Patricia Lepekoane, K.C. Monaka, Christfried Naumann, Akira Takada. Series edited by: Rainer Voßen.

Series: QKF Research in Khoisan Studies Volume 22

In January 2006, Bernd Heine (University of Cologne) and Rainer Vossen (Goethe University of Frankfurt/Main) organised the Second International Symposium on Khoisan Languages and Linguistics in Riezlern/Kleinwalsertal, Austria. About thirty international researchers attended the meeting which was dedicated to the late Pastor Eliphas Eiseb (1918–2005), co-author of the renowned Khoekhoegowab Dictionary (published in 2002). 27 papers were presented on various aspects of Khoisan linguistics.

However, the proceedings which are now being published as a result of the symposium do not include all the contributions, but a selection of papers which touch upon problems of Khoisan phonology (Exter), tonology (Elderkin, Haacke, Honken, Naumann), morpho-syntax (Chebanne, Eaton, Kiessling, König), sociolinguistics (Monaka & Lepekoane) and ethnolinguistics (Takada) as well as cognitive linguistics (Brenzinger).

CONTENTS

In memoriam – Pastor Eliphas Eiseb (1918–2005)

Matthias Brenzinger: Conceptual strategies of orientation among Khwe – From sunrise/sunset bisections to a left/right opposition

Andrew Chebanne: Person, gender and number markings in Eastern Kalahari Khoe – Existence or traces?

Helen Eaton: Object marking and aspect in Sandawe

Edward D. Elderkin: Proto-Khoe tones in Western Kalahari

Mats Exter: Proposed feature representations for clicks – An overview

Wilfrid H.G. Haacke: Tonogenesis in flagrante – Tonal depression in Khoekhoegowab, Hai||om [Hai//kom], ǂAkhoe [#Akhoe] and Naro

Henry Honken: The split tones in Central Khoesan

Roland Kießling: Noun Classification in !Xoon

Christa König: Topic in !Xun

K.C. Monaka / Patricia Lepekoane: How the !Xóõ [!Xoo] became the Balala – Socio-economic and linguistic factors considered

Christfried Naumann: High and low tone in Taa ǂaan !Xóõ [!Xoo]

Akira Takada: Kinship and naming among the Ekoka !Xun

Under these links you will find the proceedings volumes of the Int. Khoisan Conferences in 1997, 2003, 2008, 2011 and 2014 and publications by the contributors:

Accompanying material:

• Khoisan Languages and Linguistics – 1st Symposium 2003 (ISBN 978-3-89645-864-3)
• Khoisan Languages and Linguistics – 3rd Symposium 2008 (ISBN 978-3-89645-873-5)
• Khoisan Languages and Linguistics – 4th Symposium 2011 (ISBN 978-3-89645-880-3)
• Khoisan Languages and Linguistics – 5th Symposium 2014 (ISBN 978-3-89645-878-0)
• Language, Identity, and Conceptualization among the Khoisan (ISBN 978-3-89645-143-9)

Cross-reference:

• A Concise Dictionary of Northwestern !Xun (ISBN 978-3-89645-149-1)
• A Grammatical Sketch of N/uuki [N|uuki] with Stories (ISBN 978-3-89645-865-0)
• Acoustically Based Phonemics of Siwi (Berber) (ISBN 978-3-89645-936-7)
• Focus and Topic in African Languages (ISBN 978-3-89645-718-9)
• Linguistics across Africa (ISBN 978-3-89645-510-9)
• Lone Tree – Scholarship in the Service of the Koon (ISBN 978-3-89645-227-6)
• Namibian Languages (ISBN 978-3-89645-080-7)
• The !Xun Language (ISBN 978-3-89645-877-3)
• The Complete Linguist (ISBN 978-3-927620-84-1)
• The Tonology of Khoekhoe (Nama/Damara) (ISBN 978-3-89645-144-6)

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