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xxxiv, 1066 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
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. This wide-ranging handbook will be a valuable reference for scholars and students in all areas of African linguistics and anthropology, and for anyone interested in descriptive, documentary, typological and comparative linguistics.
edited by Rainer Vossen and Gerrit J. Dimmendaal.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.