Geographical Typology and Linguistic Areas

With special reference to Africa

Editors

Osamu Hieda

| Tokyo University of Foreign Studies

Christa König

| University of Cologne

Hiroshi Nakagawa

| Tokyo University of Foreign Studies

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Is Africa a linguistic area (Heine & Leyew 2008)? The present volume consists of sixteen papers highlighting the linguistic geography of Africa, covering, in particular, southern Africa with its Khoisan languages. A wide range of phenomena are discussed to give an overview of the pattern of social, cultural, and linguistic interaction that characterizes Africa's linguistic geography. Most contributors to the volume discuss language contact and areal diffusion in Africa, although some demonstrate, with examples from non-African linguistic data, including Amazonian and European languages, how language contact may lead to structural convergence. Others investigate contact phenomena in social-cultural behavior. The volume makes a large contribution toward bringing generalized theory to data-oriented discussions. It is intended to stimulate further research on contact phenomena in Africa.

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[Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, 2] 2011. vi, 321 pp.

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https://doi.org/10.1075/tufs.2

Table of Contents

Message from the President Ikuo Kameyama	1–2
Center for Corpus-based Linguistics and Language Education Makoto Minegishi	3–5
Introduction Christa König	7–11
Section 1
Areal Features and Linguistic Areas: Contact-induced Change and Geographical Typology Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald	13–39
Areas of Grammaticalization and Geographical Typology Bernd Heine	41–66
Case Marking and Linguistic Geography Christa König	67–90
Can Ethiopian Languages be Considered Languages in the African Linguistic Area? The Case of Highland East Cushitic, particularly Sidaama and Kambaata Kazuhiro Kawachi	91–107
Proto-Bantu and Proto-Niger-Congo: Macro-areal Typology and Linguistic Reconstruction Tom Güldemann	109–141
Section 2
Explaining Convergence and the Formation of Linguistic Areas Yaron Matras	143–160
Is Kumam a Creole Language? A Mechanism of Linguistic Convergence in the Southern Lwo Area Osamu Hieda	161–176
The Continuum of Languages in West Tanzania Bantu: A Case Study of Gongwe, Bende, and Pimbwe Yuko Abe	177–188
Patterns of Linguistic Convergence in the Khoe-speaking Area of Southern Africa Rainer Vossen	189–200
Tense and Aspect in Khoesan: The case of Ju/'hoansi Budzani Gabanamotse-Mogara	201–211
Section 3
Ritual Pathways: Contact in a Framework of Difference, Imitation and Alterity Anne Storch	213–232
The Eastern Kalahari Khoe: A Focus on Inter-Khoisan Ethno-language Dynamics around the Makgadikgadi Salt Pans of Botswana Andy Chebanne	233–250
Language Contact and Social Change in North-central Namibia: Socialization via Singing and Dancing Activities among the !Xun San Akira Takada	251–267
Two Types of Kinship Classifi cation Found among the Khoe Languages — Relative and Absolute Calculations in Determining the Seniority among Classifi catory Siblings Hitomi Ono	269–278
A First Report on G\|ui Ideophones Hiroshi Nakagawa	279–286
Section 4
Noun-Modifi er Order in Africa Matthew S. Dryer	287–311
Index of Authors	313–314
Index of Languages, Language Families and Areas	315–317
Index of Subjects	318–320
Contributors	321–322

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Subjects

Linguistics

Other African languages

Afro-Asiatic languages

Typology

BIC Subject: CFF – Historical & comparative linguistics

BISAC Subject: LAN009000 – LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General

U.S. Library of Congress Control Number: 2010049191