22.2821, Books: Historical Ling/Typology/Lang Documentation/Socioling: Dimmendaal

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Subject: 22.2821, Books: Historical Ling/Typology/Lang Documentation/Socioling: Dimmendaal

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Date: 06-Jul-2011
From: Paul Peranteau [paul at benjamins.com]
Subject: Historical Linguistics and the Comparative Study of African
Languages: Dimmendaal

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Date: Sat, 09 Jul 2011 17:27:22
From: Paul Peranteau [paul at benjamins.com]
Subject: Historical Linguistics and the Comparative Study of African Languages: Dimmendaal

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Title: Historical Linguistics and the Comparative Study of African
Languages 
Publication Year: 2011 
Publisher: John Benjamins
	   http://www.benjamins.com/

Book URL: http://benjamins.com/catalog/z.161 

Author: Gerrit J Dimmendaal

Electronic: ISBN:  9789027287229 Pages:  Price: Europe EURO 105.00
Electronic: ISBN:  9789027287229 Pages:  Price: U.S. $ 158.00
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Abstract:

This advanced historical linguistics course book deals with the historical
and comparative study of African languages. The first part functions as an
elementary introduction to the comparative method, involving the
establishment of lexical and grammatical cognates, the reconstruction of
their historical development, techniques for the subclassification of
related languages, and the use of language-internal evidence, more
specifically the application of internal reconstruction. Part II addresses
language contact phenomena and the status of language in a wider,
cultural-historical and ecological context. Part III deals with the
relationship between comparative linguistics and other disciplines. In this
rich course book, the author presents valuable views on a number of issues
in the comparative study of African languages, more specifically concerning
genetic diversity on the African continent, the status of pidginised and
creolised languages, language mixing, and grammaticalisation. 

Linguistic Field(s): Historical Linguistics
                     Language Documentation
                     Sociolinguistics
                     Typology

Language Family(ies): Afroasiatic

Written In: English  (eng)

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