The Bantu Languages
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Author | : M. A. Bryan |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 180 |
Release | : 2017-09-22 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 1351599674 |
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The area covered by this book, originally published in 1953, is one that has long been recognized as presenting many problems from the point of view of Bantu linguistic studies. Almost all the material set out in this present work is based on notes taken in the field, and in many cases presented completely new facts. The sources of the information used are listed at the end of the linguistic description of each of the groups of languages dealt with. Since there are so many languages to be covered it would be impracticable to give even an outline of the main features of each of them, so an outline is given of the main characteristics of each separate group. One language is used as the type for each group, for the purpose of listing examples of the nominal prefixes, verbal conjugation, and personal prefixes. Other features are illustrated from whichever language is the most suitable.
Author | : Clement M. Doke |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 260 |
Release | : 2017-09-20 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 1351598414 |
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For the purposes of this volume, originally published in 1954, two southern zones of Bantu have been included - south of the Zambesi and east of the Kalahari. The book discusses the phonetic and morphological characteristics of these 2 zones and a classification of the groups, clusters and dialects is provided. For comparative purposes detailed information on some striking dialectical forms is given in the appendices.
Author | : Derek Nurse |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 727 |
Release | : 2006-03-21 |
Genre | : Foreign Language Study |
ISBN | : 1135796831 |
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Gerard Philippson is Professor of Bantu Languages at the Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales and is a member of the Dyamique de Langage research team of the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Lyon II University. He has mainly worked on comparative Bantu tonology. Other areas of interest include Afro-Asiatic, general phonology, linguistic classification and its correlation with population genetics.
Author | : Malcolm Guthrie |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 94 |
Release | : 2017-09-22 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 1351600087 |
Download The Bantu Languages of Western Equatorial Africa Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
The area covered by this book, originally published in 1953, is one that has long been recognized as presenting many problems from the point of view of Bantu linguistic studies. Almost all the material set out in this present work is based on notes taken in the field, and in many cases presented completely new facts. The sources of the information used are listed at the end of the linguistic description of each of the groups of languages dealt with. Since there are so many languages to be covered it would be impracticable to give even an outline of the main features of each of them, so an outline is given of the main characteristics of each separate group. One language is used as the type for each group, for the purpose of listing examples of the nominal prefixes, verbal conjugation, and personal prefixes. Other features are illustrated from whichever language is the most suitable.
Author | : Mark Van de Velde |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 925 |
Release | : 2019-01-30 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 1317628683 |
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Written by an international team of experts, this comprehensive volume presents grammatical analyses of individual Bantu languages, comparative studies of their main phonetic, phonological and grammatical characteristics and overview chapters on their history and classification. It is estimated that some 300 to 350 million people, or one in three Africans, are Bantu speakers. Van de Velde and Bostoen bring together their linguistic expertise to produce a volume that builds on Nurse and Philippson’s first edition. The Bantu Languages, 2nd edition is divided into two parts; Part 1 contains 11 comparative chapters, and Part 2 provides grammar sketches of 12 individual Bantu languages, some of which were previously undescribed. The grammar sketches follow a general template that allows for easy comparison. Thoroughly revised and updated to include more language descriptions and the latest comparative insights. New to this edition: • new chapters on syntax, tone, reconstruction and language contact • 12 new sketch grammars • thoroughly updated chapters on phonetics, aspect-tense-mood and classification • exhaustive catalogue of known languages with essential references This unique resource remains the ideal reference for advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students of Bantu linguistics and languages. It will be of interest to researchers and anyone with an interest in historical linguistics, linguistic typology and grammatical analysis.
Author | : Alice Werner |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 368 |
Release | : 1919 |
Genre | : Bantu languages |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Jack Berry |
Publisher | : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG |
Total Pages | : 988 |
Release | : 2017-08-21 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 3111562522 |
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Author | : Harry Johnston |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 846 |
Release | : 1919 |
Genre | : Bantu languages |
ISBN | : |
Download A Comparative Study of the Bantu and Semi-Bantu Languages Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Author | : Malcolm Guthrie |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 91 |
Release | : 1981 |
Genre | : Bantu languages |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Derek Nurse |
Publisher | : OUP Oxford |
Total Pages | : 423 |
Release | : 2008-07-03 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 0191553603 |
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Derek Nurse looks at variations in the form and function of tense and aspect in Bantu, a branch of Niger-Congo, the world's largest language phylum. Bantu languages are spoken in central, eastern, and southern sub-Saharan Africa south of a line between Nigeria and Somalia. By current estimates there are between 250 and 600 of them, as yet neither adequately classified nor fully described. Professor Nurse's account is based on data from more than 200 Bantu languages and varieties, a representative sample of which is freely available on the publisher's website. He devotes substantial chapters to the analysis and comparison of the different tense and aspect systems found in Bantu. He also examines the verbal categories with which they interact, including negation and focus. Synchronic and diachronic perspectives are interwoven throughout the book. Following a brief history of Bantu over the last five thousand years, the final two chapters look systematically at the history of tense and aspect in Bantu. The first deals with the reconstruction of the earlier forms from which contemporary structures, morphemes, and categories are derived, and the second with the processes of change, including grammaticalization, by means of which older analytical structures and independent lexical items moved as they became incorporated as grammatical inflections and categories.