Endangered languages in Africa

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