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The Languages and Linguistics of Africa / ed. by Tom Güldemann.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: The World of Linguistics [WOL] ; 11Publisher: Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter Mouton, [2018]Copyright date: ©2018Description: 1 online resource (XXIII, 1009 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9783110426069
  • 9783110421750
  • 9783110421668
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 496 23
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Preface -- List of contributors -- Table of contents -- 1. A survey of African languages -- 2. Historical linguistics and genealogical language classification in Africa -- 3. Language contact and areal linguistics in Africa -- 4. Phonetics and African languages -- 5. Current issues in African phonology -- 6. Current issues in African morphosyntax -- 7. Anthropological and cognitive linguistics in Africa -- 8. African socio- and applied linguistics -- Index 1: Subjects -- Index 2: Languages, language groups, and areas
Summary: This innovative handbook takes a fresh look at the currently underestimated linguistic diversity of Africa, the continent with the largest number of languages in the world. It covers the major domains of linguistics, offering both a representative picture of Africa’s linguistic landscape as well as new and at times unconventional perspectives. The focus is not so much on exhaustiveness as on the fruitful relationship between African and general linguistics and the contributions the two domains can make to each other. This volume is thus intended for readers with a specific interest in African languages and also for students and scholars within the greater discipline of linguistics.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - DeGruyter (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (dgr)9783110421668

Frontmatter -- Preface -- List of contributors -- Table of contents -- 1. A survey of African languages -- 2. Historical linguistics and genealogical language classification in Africa -- 3. Language contact and areal linguistics in Africa -- 4. Phonetics and African languages -- 5. Current issues in African phonology -- 6. Current issues in African morphosyntax -- 7. Anthropological and cognitive linguistics in Africa -- 8. African socio- and applied linguistics -- Index 1: Subjects -- Index 2: Languages, language groups, and areas

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This innovative handbook takes a fresh look at the currently underestimated linguistic diversity of Africa, the continent with the largest number of languages in the world. It covers the major domains of linguistics, offering both a representative picture of Africa’s linguistic landscape as well as new and at times unconventional perspectives. The focus is not so much on exhaustiveness as on the fruitful relationship between African and general linguistics and the contributions the two domains can make to each other. This volume is thus intended for readers with a specific interest in African languages and also for students and scholars within the greater discipline of linguistics.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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