Phonetic Study of West African Languages
Phonetic Study of West African Languages

Author: P. Ladefoged

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2009-07-16

Total Pages: 112

ISBN-13: 9780521116237

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When it was first published in 1968, this monograph was among the most important contributions to the area of phonetic research in Africa since the publication of Westermann and Ward's Practical Phonetics for Students of African Languages in 1933. Drawing from a sample of sixty-one West African languages, Dr Ladefoged offers a description of the phonetic elements that cause differences in lexical and grammatical meaning. In particular, he focuses on unusual sounds, highlighting their linguistic function and providing a detailed account of their application in the languages concerned. Supplementing Dr Ladefoged's analyses are a number of helpful diagrams and illustrations as well as two appendices and a bibliography.

African Language Review
African Language Review

Author: D. Dalby

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2014-09-11

Total Pages: 132

ISBN-13: 113626664X

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The Sierra Leone Language Review is the African Language Journal of Fourah Bay College, the University College of Sierra Leone. The Journal is devoted to the detailed study of languages in Sierra Leone and neighbouring areas of West Africa, and also to the more general study and discussion of African languages and language-problems.

The Languages of West Africa
The Languages of West Africa

Author: Diedrich Westermann

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2017-09-22

Total Pages: 309

ISBN-13: 1351600508

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This volume, originally published in 1970, presents a survey of the languages spoken in an area extending from the Atlantic coast at the Sengal River eastward to the Lake Chad region. The area covered by this volume is mainly a goegraphical one, so it follows that not all the languages included are related to one another, though a certain degree of homogeneity appears.

Historical Linguistics and the Comparative Study of African Languages
Historical Linguistics and the Comparative Study of African Languages

Author: Gerrit Jan Dimmendaal

Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 440

ISBN-13: 9027211787

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This advanced historical linguistics course book deals with the historical and comparative study of African languages. The first part functions as an elementary introduction to the comparative method, involving the establishment of lexical and grammatical cognates, the reconstruction of their historical development, techniques for the subclassification of related languages, and the use of language-internal evidence, more specifically the application of internal reconstruction. Part II addresses language contact phenomena and the status of language in a wider, cultural-historical and ecological context. Part III deals with the relationship between comparative linguistics and other disciplines. In this rich course book, the author presents valuable views on a number of issues in the comparative study of African languages, more specifically concerning genetic diversity on the African continent, the status of pidginised and creolised languages, language mixing, and grammaticalisation.

An Introduction to the Study of African Languages. Translated by A. Werner
An Introduction to the Study of African Languages. Translated by A. Werner

Author: Carl Meinhof

Publisher: Andesite Press

Published: 2017-08-21

Total Pages: 186

ISBN-13: 9781375907729

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