Tense and Aspect in Bantu
Tense and Aspect in Bantu

Author: Derek Nurse

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 2008-07-03

Total Pages: 422

ISBN-13: 0199239290

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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. His 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.

Lexical Conflict
Lexical Conflict

Author: Danko Šipka

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2015-09-18

Total Pages: 265

ISBN-13: 1107116155

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This work explores the lexical richness of over 100 world languages and proposes solutions for instances of imperfect equivalence between them.

Grammatical Relations
Grammatical Relations

Author: Clifford S. Burgess

Publisher: Center for the Study of Language (CSLI)

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 488

ISBN-13: 9781575860039

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This is a collection of discussions of grammatical relations and related concepts using current syntactic theory.

Humanitarian Law in Action Within Africa
Humanitarian Law in Action Within Africa

Author: Jennifer Moore

Publisher:

Published: 2012-04-19

Total Pages: 373

ISBN-13: 0199856966

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In this book, Jennifer Moore studies the role and application of humanitarian law by considering the experiences of African countries that are emerging from civil wars. Moore first offers an overview of international law, including its essential vocabulary, and then describes four particular subfields of international law: international humanitarian law, international human rights law, international criminal law, and international refugee law. After offering readers this important backdrop, Moore turns to practical mechanisms necessary to implement international humanitarian law, focusing specifically on the experiences of Uganda, Sierra Leone, and Burundi. This study of humanitarian law, despite its focus on Africa's experience, is important to conflict resolution and reconstruction throughout the world.

The Joy of Grammar
The Joy of Grammar

Author: Diane Brentari

Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing

Published: 1992-01-01

Total Pages: 414

ISBN-13: 9027274061

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Two threads run through this collection of 22 papers by students and colleagues of James D. McCawley. The first is a commitment to deep reflection on the direction of linguistic study, sometimes resulting in challenges to the writings of major figures or new appreciations, sometimes questioning our assumptions about the organization of linguistic information in the mind. The second thread is a shared sense of the requirements for the rigor of a good linguistic argument, that its presentation be thoroughgoing, straightforward and clearly made. There is a strong emphasis on testing the “party line” with the widest possible range of languages and the strongest possible set of linguistic tests. Demonstrating bugs and strategizing over the choice between competing analyses is not enough. The completion of an argument lies in constructing a better alternative.

A History of African Linguistics
A History of African Linguistics

Author: H. Ekkehard Wolff

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2019-06-13

Total Pages: 377

ISBN-13: 1108417973

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The first global history of African linguistics as an emerging autonomous academic discipline, covering Africa, the Americas, Asia, Australia, and Europe.