Matthias Brenzinger Book order

Editorial To the memory of Anthony Traill (27th February, 1939 – 26th April, 2007) . Matthias The twelve modern Khoisan languages. Roland Kieß Verbal serialisation in Taa (Southern Khoisan). Wilfrid On the manifestation of core arguments in ǂĀkhoe. Henry The semantic organization of noun classes in Ju|’hoan and its link to number. Roger Linguistic aspects of Hadza interactions with animals. Bernhard Kö Some observations on “wh-words” in Khoisan. Edward Derek Some residual problems of Proto-Khoe lexical tone. Anderson M. Cirecire word morphology and tonology – a preliminary analysis.

Der vorliegende Band beinhaltet Vorträge, die im Rahmen des „Symposium on Endangered Languages in Africa“ vom 29.7.-1.8.1997 in Leipzig gehalten wurden. Die Aufsätze tragen allgemein zum Verständnis der aktuellen Bedrohung von Sprachen auf dem afrikanischen Kontinent bei. Weiterhin werden Fallstudien einzelner bedrohter Sprachen vorgestellt. Inhalt: Matthias Brenzinger: Endangered Languages and Language Endangerment in Africa: Introduction Richard J. Hayward: The Endangered Languages of Ethiopia: What's at Stake for the Linguist? Gabriele Sommer: Reconstructing the Past: Historical Linguistics, Contact- induced Change, Language Shift and Relexification Gerrit Dimmendaal: Language Contraction versus other Types of Contact- induced Change Mauro Tosco: „People who are not the language they speak“: On Language Shift without Language Decay in East Africa David L. Appleyard: Language Death: The Case of Qwarenya (Ethiopia) Zelealem Leyew: Some Structural Signs of Obsolescence in K'emant Roger Blench: The Status of the Languages of Central Nigeria Bruce Connell: Moribund Languages of the Nigeria-Cameroon Borderland Andrew Haruna: Language Death: The Case of Bubburè in Southern Bauchi Area, Northern Nigeria Raimund Kastenholz: Language Shift and Language Death among Mande Blacksmiths and Leatherworkers in the Diaspora Herman Batibo: The Fate of the Khoesan Languages of Botswana