Full Description
Written by an international team of experts, this comprehensive volume presents grammatical analyses of individual Bantu languages, comparative studies of their main phonetic, phonological and grammatical characteristics and overview chapters on their history and classification.
It is estimated that some 300 to 350 million people, or one in three Africans, are Bantu speakers. Van de Velde and Bostoen bring together their linguistic expertise to produce a volume that builds on Nurse and Philippson's first edition.
The Bantu Languages, 2nd edition is divided into two parts; Part 1 contains 11 comparative chapters, and Part 2 provides grammar sketches of 12 individual Bantu languages, some of which were previously undescribed. The grammar sketches follow a general template that allows for easy comparison.
Thoroughly revised and updated to include more language descriptions and the latest comparative insights.
New to this edition:
• new chapters on syntax, tone, reconstruction and language contact
• 12 new sketch grammars
• thoroughly updated chapters on phonetics, aspect-tense-mood and classification
• exhaustive catalogue of known languages with essential references
This unique resource remains the ideal reference for advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students of Bantu linguistics and languages. It will be of interest to researchers and anyone with an interest in historical linguistics, linguistic typology and grammatical analysis.
Contents
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
List of Contributors
Abbreviations
1. Introduction
Koen Bostoen & Mark Van de Velde
PART 1
2. An inventoryof Bantu languages
Harald Hammarström
3. The sounds of the Bantu languages
Ian Maddieson & Bonny Sands
4. Segmental phonology
Larry Hyman
5. Tone
David Odden & Michael Marlo
6. Word formation
Thilo Schadeberg & Koen Bostoen
7. Aspect, Tense and Mood
Derek Nurse & Maud Devos
8. Nominal Morphology and Syntax
Mark Van de Velde
9. Clausal morphosyntax and information structure
Laura Downing & Lutz Marten
10. Reconstructing Proto Bant
Koen Bostoen
11. Classifying Bantu languages
Gérard Philippson & Rebecca Grollemund
12. Language contact
Maarten Mous
PART 2
13. Kwakum A91
Elisabeth Njantcho & Mark Van de Velde
14. Nsong B85d
Joseph Koni Muluwa & Koen Bostoen
15. Pagibete C401
JeDene Reeder
16. Zimba D26
Constance Kutsch Lojenga
17. The Mara languages JE40
Lotta Aunio, Holly Robinson, Tim Roth, Oliver Stegen & John B. Walker
18. Mbugwe F34
Vera Wilhelmsen
19. Kami G36
Malin Petzell & Lotta Aunio
20. Shingazidja G44a
Cédric Patin, Kassim Mohamed-Soyir & Charles W. Kisseberth
21. Vwanji G66
Helen Eaton
22. Totela K41
Thera Crane
23. Chimpotot N14
Robert Botne
24. Cuwabo P34
Rozenn Guérois
Langage Index
Subject Index
