Swahili and Sabaki : a linguistic history / Derek Nurse and Thomas J. Hinnebusch ; edited by Thomas J. Hinnebusch ; with a special addendum by Gerard Philipson
- Bib ID:
- 290785
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Nurse, Derek
- Description:
-
- Berkeley : University of California Press, c1993
- xxxii, 780 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
- ISBN:
- 0520097750 (alkaline paper)
- Series:
- University of California publications in linguistics ; v. 121.
- Full contents:
-
- Addendum to Chapter 2: Tone (and Stress) in Sabaki / Gerard Philippson
- Ch. 3. Lexis. 2.0. Quantitative evidence for NEC and Sabaki. 3.0. Qualitative evidence for NEC, Sabaki, and Sabaki languages. 4.0. Historical Lexical Development of Sabaki Languages
- Ch. 4. Morphology: Sabaki Nominal and Verbal Systems. 2.0. The Noun. 3.0. The Verb
- Ch. 5. Synthesis. 2.0. Proto-Northeast Coast features. 3.0. Early Proto-Sabaki Innovations. 4.0. Later PSA, or Post-PSA, Innovations. 5.0. Elwana. 6.0. Macro-Swahili. 7.0. Micro-Swahili. 8.0. Mwani. 9.0. Comorian. 10.0. Mijikenda-Lower Pokomo. 11.0. Upper Pokomo, and "Pokomo" 12.0. Recent diffusional phenomena in Sabaki. 13.0. Contact in Sabaki
- Appendix 1 Phonemic Systems
- Appendix 2 Proto-Sabaki Lexis
- Appendix 3 Doubtful PSA Lexical Reconstructions
- Appendix 4 100-Word Lists for Sabaki Languages
- Appendix 5 Outline of Selected Sabaki Verb Systems
- Appendix 6 Archaeological Correlates for the East African Coast.
- Partial contents:
-
- Ch. 1. Introduction. 2.0. The Sabaki languages. 3.0. Neighboring Bantu and Non-Bantu Languages. 4.0. A Time Framework for NEC, Sabaki, and Swahili. 5.0. Models, Methods, and Principles of Linguistic Reconstruction. 6.0. Eastern East Africa as a Linguistic Area. 7.0. Previous Scholarship. 8.0. "Language" versus "Dialect"
- Ch. 2. A Comparative Historical Phonology of Sabaki. 2.0. The Sabaki languages. 3.0. An Overview of the Phonological System. 4.0. Proto Sabaki *p, *t, *c, *k; *W, *l, *j, *g. 5.0. The Sabaki Fricatives *f, *v, *s, *z. 6.0. Strengthening (Comorian and SD). 7.0. The PSA Nasals. 8.0. Proto Sabaki Nasal + Consonant Sequences. 9.0. Consonant-Glide Sequences. 10.0. PSA Seven Vowels, Long Vowels, and Vowel Processes. 11.0. The Phonology of the Noun-class Prefixes. 12.0. NEC: Its Phonological Definition. 13.0. Northeast Coast, Sabaki, and Interrelationships. 14.0. Internal Sabaki Interrelationships. 15.0. Subgrouping Summary.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 727-753) and index.
- Subject:
- Other authors/contributors:
- Copyright:
-
In Copyright
You may copy under some circumstances, for example you may copy a portion for research or study. Order a copy through Copies Direct to the extent allowed under fair dealing. Contact us for further information about copying.
Copyright status was determined using the following information:
- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1993
Copyright status may not be correct if data in the record is incomplete or inaccurate. Other access conditions may also apply. For more information please see: Copyright in library collections.
Request this item
Request this item to view in the Library’s reading room.
Loading...
Feedback
Similar items
- The early English Friars Preachers / William A. Hinnebusch
- The history of the Dominican Order [by] William A. Hinnebusch
- From A to Z39.50 : a networking primer / by James J. Michael and Mark Hinnebusch
- Syria and the Middle East peace process / Alasdair Drysdale, Raymond Hinnebusch
- The Iraq war : causes and consequences / edited by Rick Fawn and Raymond Hinnebusch