Topics in African linguistics : papers from the XXI Annual Conference on African Linguistics, University of Georgia, April 1990 / / edited by Salikoko S. Mufwene, Lioba Moshi ; with the assistance of Ben G. Blount and Deborah Schmidt

• Pubblicazione: Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia : , : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., , 1993
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (ix, 317 pages) : illustrations
• Disciplina: 496
• Soggetto topico: African languages; African languages - Social aspects; Sociolinguistics - Africa
• Altri autori: MufweneSalikoko S MoshiLioba J
• Note generali: Selection of papers presented at the 21st Conference on African Linguistics, held Apr. 12-14, 1990, University of Georgia.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: pt. 1. Morphosyntax -- pt. 2. Semantics -- pt. 3. Phonology -- pt. 4. Language contact.
• Sommario/riassunto: The 16 papers in this volume are revised versions of papers presented at the conference; they represent the state of the art in 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. The papers in Part I: Morphosyntax focus particularly on the verb and verb phrase in a variety of Niger-Congo languages, discussing several aspects of the verb morphology.
• Titolo autorizzato: Topics in African linguistics
• ISBN: 1-283-31308-1; 9786613313089; 90-272-7710-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910960801503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. : Series IV, . -Current issues in linguistic theory ; ; 100.