30.4522, Books: African linguistics across the disciplines: Lotven, Bongiovanni, Weirich, Botne, Obeng (eds.)

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Subject: 30.4522, Books: African linguistics across the disciplines: Lotven, Bongiovanni, Weirich, Botne, Obeng (eds.)

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Date: Fri, 29 Nov 2019 22:35:36
From: Sebastian Nordhoff [Sebastian.Nordhoff at langsci-press.org]
Subject: African linguistics across the disciplines: Lotven, Bongiovanni, Weirich, Botne, Obeng (eds.)

Title: African linguistics across the disciplines 
Subtitle: Selected papers from the 48th Annual Conference on African Linguistics 
Publication Year: 2019 
Publisher: Language Science Press
	   http://langsci-press.org

Book URL: http://langsci-press.org/catalog/book/226 

Editor: Samson Lotven
Editor: Silvina Bongiovanni
Editor: Phillip Weirich
Editor: Robert Botne
Editor: Samuel Gyasi Obeng

Electronic: ISBN:  9783961102129 Pages: 354 Price: Europe EURO 0 Comment: Open Access

Abstract:

Since the hiring of its first Africanist linguist Carleton Hodge in 1964,
Indiana University’s Department of Linguistics has had a strong and continuing
presence in the study of African languages and linguistics through the work of
its faculty and of its graduates on the faculties of many other universities.
Research on African linguistics at IU has covered some of the major language
groups spoken on the African continent. Carleton Hodge’s work on Ancient
Egyptian and Hausa, Paul Newman’s work on Hausa and Chadic languages, and
Roxanna Ma Newman’s work on Hausa language structure and pedagogy have been
some of the most important studies on Afro-Asiatic linguistics. With respect
to Niger-Congo languages, the work of Charles Bird on Bambara and the Mande
languages, Robert Botne’s work on Bantu structure (especially tense and
aspect), Samuel Obeng and Colin Painter’s work on Ghanaian Languages
(phonetics, phonology, and pragmatics), Robert Port’s studies on Swahili, and
Erhard Voeltz's studies on Bantu linguistics are considered some of the most
influential studies in the sub-field. On Nilo Saharan languages, the work of
Tim Shopen on Songhay stands out. IU Linguistics has also forwarded
theoretical work on African languages, such as John Goldsmith’s seminal
research on tone in African languages. The African linguistics faculty at IU
have either founded or edited important journals in African Studies, African
languages, and African linguistics, including Africa Today, Studies in African
Linguistics, and Journal of African Languages and Linguistics.

In 1972, the Indiana University Department of Linguistics hosted the Third
Annual Conference of African Linguistics. Proceedings of that conference were
published by Indiana University Publications (African Series, vol. 7). In
1986, IU hosted the Seventeenth Annual Conference of African Linguistics with
Paul Newman and Robert Botne editing the proceedings in a volume entitled
Current Approaches to African Linguistics, vol. 5. In 2016, Indiana University
hosted the 48th Annual Conference on African Linguistics with the theme
African Linguistics Across the Disciplines. Proceedings of that meeting are
published in this volume.

The papers presented in this volume reflect the diversity of opportunities for
language study in Africa. This collection of descriptive and theoretical work
is the fruit of data gathering both in-country and abroad by researchers of
languages spoken across the continent, from Sereer-sin in the west to Somali
in the northeast to Ikalanga in the south. The range of topics in this volume
is also broad, representative of the varied field work in country and abroad
that inspires research in African linguistics. This collection of papers spans
the disciplines of phonology (both segmental and suprasegmental), morphology
(both morphophonological and morphosyntactic), syntax, semantics, and language
policy. The data and analyses presented in this volume offer a
cross-disciplinary view of linguistic topics from the many under-resourced
languages of Africa.

Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics

Written In: English  (eng)

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