Khoisan Languages and Linguistics – 3rd Symposium 2008

Proceedings of the 3rd Int. Symposium, July 6-10, 2008, Riezlern/Kleinwalsertal

Edited by: Alena Witzlack-Makarevich, Martina Ernszt. With contributions by: Roger M. Blench, Matthias Brenzinger, Anderson M. Chebanne, Edward D. Elderkin, Wilfrid H.G. Haacke, Henry J. Honken †, Roland Kießling, Bernhard Köhler. Series edited by: Rainer Voßen.

Series: QKF Research in Khoisan Studies Volume 29

CONTENTS

To the memory of Anthony Traill (27^th February, 1939 – 26^th April, 2007)

Matthias Brenzinger: The twelve modern Khoisan languages

Roland Kießling: Verbal serialisation in Taa (Southern Khoisan)

Wilfrid Haacke: On the manifestation of core arguments in ǂĀkhoe [#Akhoe]

Henry Honken: The semantic organization of noun classes in Ju|’hoan [Ju/'hoan] and its link to number

Roger Blench: Linguistic aspects of Hadza interactions with animals

Bernhard Köhler: Some observations on “wh-words” in Khoisan

Edward Derek Elderkin: Some residual problems of Proto-Khoe lexical tone

Anderson M. Chebanne: Cirecire word morphology and tonology – a preliminary analysis

Under these links you will find the proceedings volumes of the Int. Khoisan Conferences in 1997, 2003, 2006, 2011 and 2014, as well as further publications on serial verb constructions:

Accompanying material:

• Khoisan Languages and Linguistics – 1st Symposium 2003 (ISBN 978-3-89645-864-3)
• Khoisan Languages and Linguistics – 2nd Symposium 2006 (ISBN 978-3-89645-150-7)
• 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:

• Converbs, Medial Verbs, Clause Chaining and Related Issues (ISBN 978-3-89645-719-6)
• Interrogative and Syntactic Inquiries (ISBN 978-3-89645-723-3)
• 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 Tonology of Khoekhoe (Nama/Damara) (ISBN 978-3-89645-144-6)
• Verbal Serialisation in Bezen (Southern Jukunoid) (ISBN 978-3-89645-764-6)
• Verbal Serialisation in Isu (West Ring) (ISBN 978-3-89645-555-0)

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