Geographical typology and linguistic areas [[electronic resource] ] : with special reference to Africa / / edited by Osamu Hieda, Christa König, Hirosi Nakagawa

• Pubblicazione: Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : John Benjamins Pub. Co., c2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (328 p.)
• Disciplina: 409.6
• Soggetto topico: Typology (Linguistics)
• Soggetto geografico: Africa Languages
• Altri autori: HiedaOsamu <1951-> KönigChrista NakagawaHiroshi <1955->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Geographical Typology and Linguistic Areas; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Contents; Message from the President; Center for Corpus-based Linguistics and Language Education; Introduction; References; Areal Features and Linguistic Areas; 1. Preamble; 2. Macro-areas, and their features; 3. Some widespread mechanisms of contact-induced change; 4. Convergence zones and mechanisms of areal diffusion: an Amazonian example; 4.1. Backdrop: Amazonian versus Andine linguistic types; 4.2. The Multilingual Vaupés River Basin as a low-tier linguistic area ; 4.3. Parallel grammaticalization: the comparative construction 4.4. Developing evidentials: different mechanisms, similar results; 5. To conclude; Abbreviations; Acknowledgements; References; Areas of Grammaticalization and Geographical Typology; 1. Introduction; 1.1. On sprachbunds (linguistic areas); 1.2. Grammaticalization areas; 2. A micro-area of grammaticalization; 3. An areal typology of reflexive markers in Africa; 3.1. Types and sources of reflexive markers; 3.2. The noun channel; 3.3. From noun to functional category: Grammaticalization; 3.4. Discussion; 3.5. Areal distribution ; 4. Discussion: Reanalyzing sprachbunds 5. Conclusions; Abbreviations; References; Case Marking and Linguistic Geography; 1. Introduction; 2. Case studies: Cushitic languages; 2.1. Accusative languages; 2.2. Marked Nominative languages; 3. Diachronic observations; 4. Conclusions; Abbreviations; References; Can Ethiopian Languages be Considered Languages in the African Linguistic Area? The Case of Highland East Cushitic, particularly Sidaama and Kambaata; 1. Introduction; 2. Literature Review; 3. Should HEC Languages be Considered as Languages in the African Linguistic Area? ; 3.1. African Properties in HEC Languages 3.2. Challenges to the Quantitative Approach to Defining Linguistic Areas; 4. Conclusion; References; Proto-Bantu and Proto-Niger-Congo: Macroareal Typology and Linguistic Reconstruction; 1. Bantu and Niger-Congo in their macro-areal context; 1.1. Introduction; 1.2. The Macro-Sudan belt; 1.3. The Bantu spread zone; 2. Towards the early typology of the Bantu clause; 2.1. Introduction; 2.2. The early verb stem structure of Bantu; 2.3. The early predicate structure of Bantu; 3. Towards the role of Bantu for the reconstruction of Niger-Congo; Abreviations ; References Explaining Convergence and the Formation of Linguistic Areas; 1. Introduction; 2. Definitions of linguistic areas; 3. What is convergence?; 4. Inferred and attributable meanings; 5. Am emergence scenario for linguistic areas; References; Is Kumam a Creole Language?-A Mechanism of Linguistic Convergence in the Southern Lwo Area; 1. Introduction; 2. Morphosyntactic convergence in the southern Lwo area; 2.1. Development of nominal prefixes; 2.2. Development of tense morphemes; 2.3. Development of the verbal system in Kumam; 3. Concluding remarks; Abbreviations; References ; The Continuum of Languages in West Tanzania Bantu
• Sommario/riassunto: 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,
• Titolo autorizzato: Geographical typology and linguistic areas
• ISBN: 1-280-49730-0; 9786613592538; 90-272-7395-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910778937703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Studies in linguistics (Tōkyō Gaikokugo Daigaku) ; ; v. 2.