15.380, Books: Sociolinguistics: Mous

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Date:  Thu, 29 Jan 2004 16:10:08 -0500 (EST)
From:  paul at benjamins.com
Subject:  The Making of a Mixed Language: Mous

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Date:  Thu, 29 Jan 2004 16:10:08 -0500 (EST)
From:  paul at benjamins.com
Subject:  The Making of a Mixed Language: Mous

Title: The Making of a Mixed Language
Subtitle: The case of Ma'a/Mbugu
Series Title: Creole Language Library 26

Publication Year: 2004

Publisher:	John Benjamins
		http://www.benjamins.com/
		http://www.benjamins.nl		

Book URL: http://www.benjamins.nl/cgi-bin/t_bookview.cgi?bookid=CLL_26

Author: Maarten Mous, Leiden University

Hardback: ISBN: 1588114899, Pages: xx, 322 pp., Price: USD 156.00
Hardback: ISBN: 9027252483, Pages: xx, 322 pp., Price: EUR 130.00

Abstract:

The Mbugu (or Ma'à) language (Tanzania) is one of the few genuine
mixed languages, reputedly combining Bantu grammar with Cushitic
vocabulary. In fact the people speak two languages: one mixed and one
closely related to the Bantu language Pare. This book is the first
comprehensive description of these languages. It shows that these two
languages share one grammar while their lexicon is parallel. In the
distant past the people shifted from a Cushitic to a Bantu language
and in the process rebuilt a language of their own that expresses
their separate ethnic identity in a Bantu environment. This linguistic
history is explained in the context of the intricate history of the
people. The discussion of the processes that were involved in the
formation of Ma'a/Mbugu is extremely relevant for both creole studies
and for contact linguistics in general.

Table of contents

List of Tables  xi
List of Figures  xiii
Acknowledgements  xv
List of Abbreviations  xvi
Map 1 of the relevant area of East Africa  xviii
Map 2 of the Usambara area  xix
1. Introduction  1-15
2. Historical and geographical background  17-50
3. Linguistic history  51-93
4. Phonology  95-110
5. The verb  111-162
6. The noun  163-174
7. Adjectives and other nominal modifiers  175-182
8. Invariables or other words  183-196
9. Notes on syntax, code-switching and texts  197-213
Notes  215-220
References  221-229
Appendix: Mbugu - English etymological lexicon  231-298
English index to the lexicon  299-318
Index  319-322

Lingfield(s):	Language Contact (Sociolinguistics)
		Sociolinguistics 			

Written In:	English (Language Code: ENG)

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