2010
14 pp. Roman, 347 pp.
3 b/w maps, 1 colour figure, 4 colour diagrams, numerous graphs, tables and charts
Text language(s): English, French
This publication is a selected collection of peer-reviewed papers from the 2nd International Bantu Conference held at the University of Gothenburg /Sweden in October 2007. The conference was a well-attended meeting that assembled Bantuists and Bantu language experts from four continents. The volume focuses on a wide range of topics that are relevant in the field of Bantu linguistics covering many areas where Bantu languages are distributed in sub-Saharan Africa, predominantly Tanzania and the Eastern African region. From a topical perspective, all linguistic disciplines excluding socio-linguistics are paid attention to.
CONTENTS
Sonja Bosch:
Rule-based Morphological Analysis – Shared Challenges, Shared Solutions
Laura J. Downing:
Prosodic Phrasing in Relative Clauses – A Comparative Look at Zulu, Chewa and Tumbuka
Bernd Heine / Margaret Dunham:
Grammaticalization in Bantu Languages with Special Reference to Swahili
Bonnie Henson:
Second Position Effects in Kol, a Bantu Language of Cameroon
Odile Racine-Issa / Sû-tôôg-nooma Kukka Kabore:
Intricate Relations in Standard Swahili – The Syntax of Three Argument Constructions
Ahmad Kipacha:
The Quest for Mgao Coastal Swahili – Latest Findings
Joseph Koni Muluwa:
La dénomination de plantes en mbuun, mpiin et nsong – Procédés de creation lexicale et principes sémantiques
Nancy C. Kula / Lutz Marten:
Argument Structure and Agency in Bemba Passives
Constance Kutsch Lojenga:
Vowel Shortening in the Noun Phrase in Malila
Stephen H. Levinsohn:
Towards a Typology of Story Development Marking
Emmanuel-Moselly Makasso:
Functions of Prosody in Spontaneous Speech in Bàsàa (Bantu A 43) – The Case of Melisms
Nhlanlha N. Mathonsi:
A Headword Identification Problem of Nouns in Zulu Dictionaries
Joyce T. Mathangwane / Al Mtenje:
Tone and Reduplication in Wandya and Subiya
Kuniya Nasukawa:
Prosodic Affiliation of NC Sequences in Lungu (Cilungu)
Malin Petzell:
Further Analysis of Negation in Kagulu
Kristina Riedel:
Coordination and Subject/Object Marking in Sambaa
Josephat Rugemalira:
The -ag- TAM Marker and the Boundary between Cliticization and Affixation in Bantu
Oliver Stegen:
What Can Stylistic Comparison of Rangi Stories Tell Us About Grammatical Description?
Christina Thornell:
Morphology of Plant Names in the Mpiemo Language
Anna Yu. Urmanchieva:
Grammaticalization of Narrative Patterns in Ngindo Verbal Morphology
Mark Van de Velde:
The Syntax of Verb Complements and the Loss of the Applicative in Eton (A71)
Marianna Visser:
Definiteness and Specificity in the Xhosa Determiner Phrase
Nobuko Yoneda:
Topical Hierarchy and Grammatical Agreement in Matengo (N13)
General Bibliography