Studies in African Linguistic Typology
Editor
The twenty-one papers that make up this volume reflect the broad perspective of African linguistic typology studies today. Where previous volumes would present language material from a very restricted area and perspective, the present contributions reflect the global interest and orientation of current African linguistic studies. The studies are nearly all implicational in nature. Based upon a detailed survey of a particular linguistic phenomenon in a given language or language area conclusions are drawn about the general nature about this phenomenon in the languages of Africa and beyond. They represent as such a first step that may ultimately lead to a more thorough understanding of African linguistic structures. This approach is well justified. Taking the other road, attempting to pick out linguistic details from often fairly superficially documented languages runs the risk that the data and its implications for the structure investigated might be misunderstood. Consequentially only very few studies of this nature giving the very broad perspective, the overview of a particular structure type covering the whole African continent are represented here.
[Typological Studies in Language, 64] 2006. xiv, 426 pp.
Publishing status: Available
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Table of Contents
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IntroductionF.K. Erhard Voeltz | pp. ix–xiii
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Future tense and aspect marking in Southern BantuHerman M. Batibo | pp. 1–12
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The marking of directional deixis in Somali: How typological idiosyncratic is it?Philippe Bourdin | pp. 13–41
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A typology of subject and object markers in African languagesDenis Creissels | pp. 43–70
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Head marking, dependent marking and constituent order in the Nilotic areaGerrit J. Dimmendaal | pp. 71–92
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Agent phrases in Bantu passivesAxel Fleisch | pp. 93–111
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Grammaticalization of switch reference: Motivation and meansZygmunt Frajzyngier | pp. 113–130
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Complex predicates based on generic auxiliaries as an areal feature in Northeast AfricaTom Güldemann | pp. 131–154
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The OHO constraintRichard J. Hayward | pp. 155–169
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The word in Luganda.Larry M. Hyman and Francis X. Katamba | pp. 171–193
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Case in Africa: On categorial misbehaviorChrista König | pp. 195–207
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The typology of relative clause formation in African languagesTania Kuteva and Bernard Comrie | pp. 209–228
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Deictic categories in particles and demonstratives in three Gur languagesKézié Koyenzi Lébikaza | pp. 229–249
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Preprefix or not — that is the question: The case of Kwangali, Kwanyama and NdongaKarsten Legere | pp. 251–262
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Nonverbal and verbal negations in Kabyle (Berber): A typological perspectiveAmina Mettouchi | pp. 263–276
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Grammaticalization chains of the verb Kàre ‘to give’ in KabbaRosmarie Moser | pp. 277–301
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Selectors in CushiticMaarten Mous | pp. 303–325
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How Bantu is Kiyansi? A re-examination of its verbal inflectionsSalikoko S. Mufwene | pp. 327–335
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Diathesis alternation in some Gur languagesBrigitte Reineke and Gudrun Miehe | pp. 337–360
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Structure and function of incorporation processes in compoundingClaudia Maria Riehl and Christa Kilian-Hatz | pp. 361–376
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Toward a typological perspective for Emai’s BE constructions.Ronald P. Schaefer and Francis Oisaghaede Egbokhare | pp. 377–396
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Intrinsic focus and focus control in two varieties of HausaH. Ekkehard Wolff | pp. 397–415
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Language index | pp. 417–419
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Name index | pp. 421–423
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Subject index | pp. 425–426
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Subjects
Main BIC Subject
CF: Linguistics
Main BISAC Subject
LAN009000: LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General