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Geographical Typology and Linguistic Areas
With special reference to Africa
Is Africa a linguistic area (Heine & Leyew 2008)? The present volume consists of sixteen papers highlighting the linguistic geography of Africa, covering, in particular, southern Africa with its Khoisan languages. A wide range of phenomena are discussed to give an overview of the pattern of social, cultural, and linguistic interaction that characterizes Africa's linguistic geography. Most contributors to the volume discuss language contact and areal diffusion in Africa, although some demonstrate, with examples from non-African linguistic data, including Amazonian and European languages, how language contact may lead to structural convergence. Others investigate contact phenomena in social-cultural behavior. The volume makes a large contribution toward bringing generalized theory to data-oriented discussions. It is intended to stimulate further research on contact phenomena in Africa.
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[Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, 2] 2011. vi, 321 pp.
Publishing status: Available
Published online on 7 February 2012
Published online on 7 February 2012
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Table of Contents
- Message from the PresidentIkuo Kameyama | pp. 1–2
- Center for Corpus-based Linguistics and Language EducationMakoto Minegishi | pp. 3–5
- IntroductionChrista König | pp. 7–11
- Section 1
- Areal Features and Linguistic Areas: Contact-induced Change and Geographical TypologyAlexandra Y. Aikhenvald | pp. 13–39
- Areas of Grammaticalization and Geographical TypologyBernd Heine | pp. 41–66
- Case Marking and Linguistic GeographyChrista König | pp. 67–90
- Can Ethiopian Languages be Considered Languages in the African Linguistic Area? The Case of Highland East Cushitic, particularly Sidaama and KambaataKazuhiro Kawachi | pp. 91–107
- Proto-Bantu and Proto-Niger-Congo: Macro-areal Typology and Linguistic ReconstructionTom Güldemann | pp. 109–141
- Section 2
- Explaining Convergence and the Formation of Linguistic AreasYaron Matras | pp. 143–160
- Is Kumam a Creole Language? A Mechanism of Linguistic Convergence in the Southern Lwo AreaOsamu Hieda | pp. 161–176
- The Continuum of Languages in West Tanzania Bantu: A Case Study of Gongwe, Bende, and PimbweYuko Abe | pp. 177–188
- Patterns of Linguistic Convergence in the Khoe-speaking Area of Southern AfricaRainer Vossen | pp. 189–200
- Tense and Aspect in Khoesan: The case of Ju/'hoansiBudzani Gabanamotse-Mogara | pp. 201–211
- Section 3
- Ritual Pathways: Contact in a Framework of Difference, Imitation and AlterityAnne Storch | pp. 213–232
- The Eastern Kalahari Khoe: A Focus on Inter-Khoisan Ethno-language Dynamics around the Makgadikgadi Salt Pans of BotswanaAndy Chebanne | pp. 233–250
- Language Contact and Social Change in North-central Namibia: Socialization via Singing and Dancing Activities among the !Xun SanAkira Takada | pp. 251–267
- Two Types of Kinship Classifi cation Found among the Khoe Languages — Relative and Absolute Calculations in Determining the Seniority among Classifi catory SiblingsHitomi Ono | pp. 269–278
- A First Report on G|ui IdeophonesHiroshi Nakagawa | pp. 279–286
- Section 4
- Noun-Modifi er Order in AfricaMatthew S. Dryer | pp. 287–311
- Index of Authors | pp. 313–314
- Index of Languages, Language Families and Areas | pp. 315–317
- Index of Subjects | pp. 318–320
- Contributors | p. 321
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