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Consists of sixteen papers highlighting the linguistic geography of Africa, covering, in particular, southern Africa with its Khoisan languages. This title discusses a range of phenomena to give an overview of the pattern of social, cultural, and linguistic interaction that characterizes Africa's linguistic geography.

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Author:   Osamu Hieda (Tokyo University of Foreign Studies) ,  Christa König (University of Cologne) ,  Hiroshi Nakagawa (Tokyo University of Foreign Studies)
Publisher:   John Benjamins Publishing Co
Imprint:   John Benjamins Publishing Co
Volume:   2
Weight:   0.750kg
ISBN:  

9789027207692

ISBN 10:   9027207690
Pages:   321
Publication Date:   26 January 2011
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1. Message from the President (by Kameyama, Ikuo); 2. Center for Corpus-based Linguistics and Language Education (by Minegishi, Makoto); 3. Introduction (by Konig, Christa); 4. Section 1; 5. Areal Features and Linguistic Areas: Contact-induced Change and Geographical Typology (by Aikhenvald, Alexandra Y.); 6. Areas of Grammaticalization and Geographical Typology (by Heine, Bernd); 7. Case Marking and Linguistic Geography (by Konig, Christa); 8. Can Ethiopian Languages be Considered Languages in the African Linguistic Area? The Case of Highland East Cushitic, particularly Sidaama and Kambaata (by Kawachi, Kazuhiro); 9. Proto-Bantu and Proto-Niger-Congo: Macro-areal Typology and Linguistic Reconstruction (by Guldemann, Tom); 10. Section 2; 11. Explaining Convergence and the Formation of Linguistic Areas (by Matras, Yaron); 12. Is Kumam a Creole Language? A Mechanism of Linguistic Convergence in the Southern Lwo Area (by Hieda, Osamu); 13. The Continuum of Languages in West Tanzania Bantu: A Case Study of Gongwe, Bende, and Pimbwe (by Abe, Yuko); 14. Patterns of Linguistic Convergence in the Khoe-speaking Area of Southern Africa (by Vossen, Rainer); 15. Tense and Aspect in Khoesan: The case of Ju/'hoansi (by Gabanamotse-Mogara, Budzani); 16. Section 3; 17. Ritual Pathways: Contact in a Framework of Difference, Imitation and Alterity (by Storch, Anne); 18. The Eastern Kalahari Khoe: A Focus on Inter-Khoisan Ethno-language Dynamics around the Makgadikgadi Salt Pans of Botswana (by Chebanne, Andy); 19. Language Contact and Social Change in North-central Namibia: Socialization via Singing and Dancing Activities among the !Xun San (by Takada, Akira); 20. Two Types of Kinship Classifi cation Found among the Khoe Languages - Relative and Absolute Calculations in Determining the Seniority among Classifi catory Siblings (by Ono, Hitomi); 21. A First Report on G|ui Ideophones (by Nakagawa, Hiroshi); 22. Section 4; 23. Noun-Modifi er Order in Africa (by Dryer, Matthew S.); 24. Index of Authors; 25. Index of Languages, Language Families and Areas; 26. Index of Subjects; 27. Contributors

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