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Subject: 25.3538, Books: Beyond 'Khoisan': Güldemann, Fehn (eds.)

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Date: Mon, 08 Sep 2014 17:19:08
From: Karin Plijnaar [karin.plijnaar at benjamins.nl]
Subject: Beyond 'Khoisan': Güldemann, Fehn (eds.)

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Title: Beyond 'Khoisan' 
Subtitle: Historical relations in the Kalahari Basin 
Series Title: Current Issues in Linguistic Theory 330  

Publication Year: 2014 
Publisher: John Benjamins
	   http://www.benjamins.com/

Book URL: https://benjamins.com/catalog/cilt.330 

Editor: Tom Güldemann
Editor: Anne-Maria Fehn

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Abstract:

Greenberg’s (1954) concept of a ‘Khoisan’ language family, while heartily
embraced by non-specialists, has been harshly criticized by linguists working
on these languages. Evidence for Greenberg's hypothesis has proved to be
seriously insufficient and little progress has been made in the intervening
years in substantiating his claim by means of the standard comparative method.
This volume goes beyond “Khoisan” in the linguistic sense by exploring a more
complex history that includes multiple and widespread events of language
contact in southern Africa epitomized in the areal concept ‘Kalahari Basin’.
The papers contained herein present new data on languages from all three
relevant lineages, Tuu, Kx’a and Khoe-Kwadi, complemented by non-linguistic
research from molecular and cultural anthropology. A recurrent theme is to
disentangle genealogical and areal historical relations — a major challenge
for historical linguistics in general. The multi-disciplinary approach
reflected in this volume strengthens the hypothesis that Greenberg’s “Southern
African Khoisan” is better explained in terms of complex linguistic, cultural
and genetic convergence.

Linguistic Field(s): Genetic Classification
                     Historical Linguistics

Language Family(ies): Khoe-Kwadi
                      Khoisan 
                      Tuu 

Written In: English  (eng)

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