1st Edition

The Khoesan Languages

Edited By Rainer Vossen Copyright 2013
528 Pages
by Routledge

528 Pages
by Routledge

528 Pages
by Routledge

The Routledge Language Family series is aimed at undergraduates and postgraduates of linguistics and language, and those with an interest in historical linguistics, linguistic anthropology and language development. According to a widely accepted hypothesis, the Khoesan languages represent the smallest of the four language phyla in Africa, geographically distributed mainly in Botswana... Read more
Chapter 1: Introduction. Rainer Vossen 1. General background2. Typological characteristics.3. The intended audience4. The contents5. Geographical coverageChapter 2: Genetic relationships: an overview of the evidence Henry Honken 1. Introduction2. Previous work in the field3. Agreements and disagreements4. South African Khoesan5. East African Khoesan6. For and againstChapter 3: TypologyTom Güldemann 1. Introduction2. Morphosyntax3. Phonetics and phonology4. Toward a typological profile of KhoesanChapter 4: Phonetics and phonology1. Hadza Bonny Sands 2. Sandawe Edward D.Elderkin 3. South African Khoesan3.1. Northern KhoesanAmanda Miller 3.2. Central Khoesan 3.2.1. Namibian Khoekhoe and !Gora Wilfrid H.G. Haacke  3.2.2. Hai§omThomas Widlockl 3.2.3. Kxoe subgroup Rainer Vossen3.2.4. Naro Hessel Visser  3.2.5. §Gana subgroup Hirosi Nakagawa3.2.6. Shua subgroup Rainer Vossen 3.2.7. Tshwa subgroup Rainer Vossen  3.3. Southern Khoesan (Tuu languages) Tom Güldemann 3.4. Eastern =HoanHenry HJonken 3.5. Kwadi Tom Güldemann Chapter 5: Tonology1. Hadza Bonny Sands2. Sandawe Edward D. Elderkin 3. South African Khoesan 3.1. Northern Khoesan Amanda Miller 3.2. Central Khoesan3.2.1. Namibian Khoekhoe Wilfred H.G. Haacke3.2.2. Kxoe subgroup: Khwe, §Ani Rainer Vossen 3.2.3. Naro Hessel Visser  3.2.4. §Gana subgroup: GuiHirosi Nakaga

Biography

Rainer Vossen is a University Professor and Executive Director of the Institute of African Studies at the University of Frankfurt upon Main, Germany.