Vol 1 Vol. 1

Published by De Gruyter 1983

Vol 1 Vol. 1

Edited by: Ivan R. Dihoff

Part of the multi-volume work Current Approaches to African Linguistics

Volume 1 in the series Publications in African Languages and Linguistics

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783112420065

Contents

Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Preface Publicly Available Download PDF	V
Table of Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	VII
I. AREAL AND HISTORICAL LINGUISTICS
1. Some Areal Characteristics of African Languages Joseph H. Greenberg Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
2. Adamawa-Eastern: Problems and Prospects Patrick R. Bennett Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	23
3. The Eastern Jebel Languages M. Lionel Bender Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	49
4. Noun Class Prefixes in Proto-Edoid Ben Elugbe Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	59
5. Ijo's Closest Linguistic Relative Charles E. W. Jenewari Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	85
II. PHONETICS AND PHONOLOGY
6. The Phonetics of Zu/'hoasi, a Khoisan Dialect of South West Africa/ Namibia J. W. Snyman Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	115
7. Nasal Vowels and Nasalized Consonants in Gbe Hounkpatin C. Capo Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	127
8. The Hierarchical Representation of Tone Features George N. Clements Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	145
9. Tone in the Verbal System of Anyi William R. Leben Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	177
10. Tone Rules and Derivational History in Edo Phonology Airen Amayo Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	185
11. The Analysis of Tone in Acholi, Luo and Lango David Dwyer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	197
12. Ewe and the Theory of Tone Spreading Mary M. Clark Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	213
13. Accent in Tonga: an Autosegmental Account John Goldsmith Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	227
14. The Asante Twi Tone Shift John M. Stewart Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	235
III. LEXICAL STRUCTURE
15. Manding Lexical Behavior in Sierra Leone Krio Ian F. Hancock Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	247
16. The Ideophone as a Phonosemantic Class: the Case of Yoruba James F. Fordyce Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	263
17. A Lexical Treatment of Cairene Arabic Object Clitics Ellen Broselow Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	279
18. A Prosodic Account of Arabic Broken Plurals John J. McCarthy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	289
IV. SYNTAX
19. Anaphora, Cataphora, and Topic Focusing: Functions of the Object Prefix in Swahili Keith Allan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	323
20. The Complex Structure Conspiracy and the Grammar of Mandingo Complementation Mallafé Dramé Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	337
List of Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	359

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Edition: Reprint 2020
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 368

eBook

Published: March 22, 2021
ISBN: 9783112420065

Hardcover

Published: December 31, 1983
ISBN: 9783112420058