Publications

Publication details [#20071]

Mufwene, Salikoko S. and Lioba Moshi, eds. 1993. Topics in African Linguistics. Papers from the XXI Annual Conference on African Linguistics, University of Georgia, April 1990. (Current Issues in Linguistic Theory 100). John Benjamins. x + 304 pp.

Publication type

Book – edited volume

Publication language

English

Keywords

code-switching | language planning | linguistics

Annotation

The 16 papers in this volume are revised versions of conference papers, representing the various subfields of African linguistics into which the book is organized: (1) morphosyntax, (2) semantics, (3) phonology, and (4) language contact. The last part covers topics such as code-switching and mixing, pidginization/creolization, and language planning.

Reviewed by

Kaye, Alan S. 1997. Review of $Topics in African Linguistics. Papers from the XXI Annual Conference on African Linguistics, University of Georgia, April 1990.