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Date: Tue, 12 May 2020 21:12:43
From:  Oxford University Press [HumanitiesMarketing at oup.com]
Subject: The Oxford Handbook of African Languages: Vossen, Dimmendaal (eds.)

 


Title: The Oxford Handbook of African Languages 
Series Title: Oxford Handbooks  

Publication Year: 2020 
Publisher: Oxford University Press
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Book URL: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-oxford-handbook-of-african-languages-9780199609895?utm_source=linguistlist&utm_medium=listserv&utm_campaign=linguistics 


Editor: Rainer Vossen
Editor: Gerrit J. Dimmendaal

Hardback: ISBN:  9780199609895 Pages: 1056 Price: U.S. $ 190


Abstract:

This book provides a comprehensive overview of current research in African
languages, drawing on insights from anthropological linguistics, typology,
historical and comparative linguistics, and sociolinguistics. Africa is
believed to host at least one third of the world's languages, usually
classified into four phyla - Niger-Congo, Afro-Asiatic, Nilo-Saharan, and
Khoisan - which are then subdivided into further families and subgroupings.
This volume explores all aspects of research in the field, beginning with
chapters that cover the major domains of grammar and comparative approaches.
Later parts provide overviews of the phyla and subfamilies, alongside
grammatical sketches of eighteen representative African languages of diverse
genetic affiliation. The volume additionally explores multiple other topics
relating to African languages and linguistics, with a particular focus on
extralinguistic issues: language, cognition, and culture, including colour
terminology and conversation analysis; language and society, including
language contact and endangerment; language and history; and language and
orature. This wide-ranging handbook will be a valuable reference for scholars
and students in all areas of African linguistics and anthropology, and for
anyone interested in descriptive, documentary, typological, and comparative
linguistics.
 



Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics
                     Typology


Written In: English  (eng)

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