African Languages. An Introduction
Editorial CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS
Mainland Spain
- Publisher CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS
- ISBN13 9780521666299
- ISBN10 0521666295
- Type Book
- Pages 396
- Published 2000
- Bookbinding Rustic
Sections
Geography Of LanguagesAfrican Languages. An Introduction
Editorial CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS
Mainland Spain
Book Details
This book is the first general introduction to African languages and linguistics to be published in English. It covers the four major language groupings (Niger-Congo, NiloSaharan, Afroasiatic and Khoisan), the core areas of modern theoretical linguistics (phonology, morphology, syntax), typology, sociolinguistics, comparative linguistics, and language, history and society. Basic concepts and terminology are explained for undergraduates and nonspecialist readers, but each chapter also provides an overview of the state of the art in its field, and as such will be referred to by more advanced students and general linguists.
Contributors:
Bernd Heine, Derek Nurse, Kay Williamson, Roger Blench,Lionel M. Bender, Richard Hayward, Tom Guldemann,Rainer Vossen, Nick Clements, Gerrit J. Dimmendaal, JohnWatters, Denis Creissels, Paul Newman, Christopher Ehret,Ekkehard Wolff