- Additional Authors
- Description
- 1 online resource (xxxiv, 1066 pages) : illustrations, maps.
- Summary
- This book provides a comprehensive overview of current research in African languages, drawing on insights from anthropological linguistics, typology, historical and comparative linguistics, and sociolinguistics. Africa is believed to host at least one third of the world's languages, usually classified into four phyla - Niger-Congo, Afro-Asiatic, Nilo-Saharan, and Khoisan - which are then subdivided into further families and subgroupings. This volume explores all aspects of research in the field, beginning with chapters that cover the major domains of grammar and comparative approaches. Later parts provide overviews of the phyla and subfamilies, alongside grammatical sketches of eighteen representative African languages of diverse genetic affiliation. The volume additionally explores multiple other topics relating to African languages and linguistics, with a particular focus on extralinguistic issues: language, cognition, and culture, including colour terminology and conversation analysis; language and society, including language contact and endangerment; language and history; and language and orature. This wide-ranging handbook will be a valuable reference for scholars and students in all areas of African linguistics and anthropology, and for anyone0interested in descriptive, documentary, typological, and comparative linguistics.
- Series Statement
- Oxford handbooks in linguistics
- Uniform Title
- Oxford handbook of African languages (Online)
- Oxford handbooks in linguistics.
- Alternative Title
- African languages
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- Access (note)
- Access restricted to authorized users.
- ISBN
- 0199609896
- 9780199609895
- 9780191750236 (ebook) (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 2019953086
- OCLC
- ssj0002597290
- Title
The Oxford handbook of African languages [electronic resource] / edited by Rainer Vossen and Gerrit J. Dimmendaal.
- Imprint
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2020.
- Edition
First edition.
- Series
Oxford handbooks in linguistics
Oxford handbooks in linguistics.
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
Vossen, Rainer.
Dimmendaal, Gerrit Jan.
Vossen, Rainer
Dimmendaal, Gerrit Jan
- Other Form:
ebook version : 9780191750236