The Bantu languages
Author(s)
Bibliographic Information
The Bantu languages
(Routledge language family series)
Routledge, 2019
2nd ed
- : hbk
Available at 13 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Editors: Koen Bostoen, Derek Nurse, Gérard Philippson
Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Written by an international team of experts, this comprehensive volume presents grammatical analyses of individual Bantu languages, comparative studies of their main phonetic, phonological and grammatical characteristics and overview chapters on their history and classification.
It is estimated that some 300 to 350 million people, or one in three Africans, are Bantu speakers. Van de Velde and Bostoen bring together their linguistic expertise to produce a volume that builds on Nurse and Philippson's first edition.
The Bantu Languages, 2nd edition is divided into two parts; Part 1 contains 11 comparative chapters, and Part 2 provides grammar sketches of 12 individual Bantu languages, some of which were previously undescribed. The grammar sketches follow a general template that allows for easy comparison.
Thoroughly revised and updated to include more language descriptions and the latest comparative insights.
New to this edition:
* new chapters on syntax, tone, reconstruction and language contact
* 12 new sketch grammars
* thoroughly updated chapters on phonetics, aspect-tense-mood and classification
* exhaustive catalogue of known languages with essential references
This unique resource remains the ideal reference for advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students of Bantu linguistics and languages. It will be of interest to researchers and anyone with an interest in historical linguistics, linguistic typology and grammatical analysis.
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
List of Contributors
Abbreviations
1. Introduction
Koen Bostoen & Mark Van de Velde
PART 1
2. An inventoryof Bantu languages
Harald Hammarstroem
3. The sounds of the Bantu languages
Ian Maddieson & Bonny Sands
4. Segmental phonology
Larry Hyman
5. Tone
David Odden & Michael Marlo
6. Word formation
Thilo Schadeberg & Koen Bostoen
7. Aspect, Tense and Mood
Derek Nurse & Maud Devos
8. Nominal Morphology and Syntax
Mark Van de Velde
9. Clausal morphosyntax and information structure
Laura Downing & Lutz Marten
10. Reconstructing Proto Bant
Koen Bostoen
11. Classifying Bantu languages
Gerard Philippson & Rebecca Grollemund
12. Language contact
Maarten Mous
PART 2
13. Kwakum A91
Elisabeth Njantcho & Mark Van de Velde
14. Nsong B85d
Joseph Koni Muluwa & Koen Bostoen
15. Pagibete C401
JeDene Reeder
16. Zimba D26
Constance Kutsch Lojenga
17. The Mara languages JE40
Lotta Aunio, Holly Robinson, Tim Roth, Oliver Stegen & John B. Walker
18. Mbugwe F34
Vera Wilhelmsen
19. Kami G36
Malin Petzell & Lotta Aunio
20. Shingazidja G44a
Cedric Patin, Kassim Mohamed-Soyir & Charles W. Kisseberth
21. Vwanji G66
Helen Eaton
22. Totela K41
Thera Crane
23. Chimpotot N14
Robert Botne
24. Cuwabo P34
Rozenn Guerois
Langage Index
Subject Index
by "Nielsen BookData"