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Verbal Extension and Valence in Gumer Variety of Gurage 古格语变体的言语延伸与配价

Studies in African Linguistics Pub Date : 2022-08-14 DOI: 10.32473/sal.v51i1.121891

Fekede Menuta Gewta

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A grammar sketch of the Shetjhauba variety of Shekgalagadi Shekgalagadi的Shetjhauba变体的语法草图

Studies in African Linguistics Pub Date : 2022-08-14 DOI: 10.32473/sal.v51i1.129091

Hilde Gunnink

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Ancient West-Coastal Bantu Banana Vocabulary: Testing Linguistic Method for Reconstructing Musa History in Africa 古西海岸班图香蕉词汇:重建非洲穆萨族历史的测试语言学方法

Studies in African Linguistics Pub Date : 2021-09-19 DOI: 10.32473/sal.v50i2.122286

Sifra Van Acker, Sara Pacchiarotti, E. de Langhe, K. Bostoen

{"title":"Ancient West-Coastal Bantu Banana Vocabulary: Testing Linguistic Method for Reconstructing Musa History in Africa","authors":"Sifra Van Acker, Sara Pacchiarotti, E. de Langhe, K. Bostoen","doi":"10.32473/sal.v50i2.122286","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.32473/sal.v50i2.122286","url":null,"abstract":"Lexical data has been key in attempts to reconstruct the early history of the banana (Musa sp.) in Africa. Previous language-based approaches to the introduction and dispersal of this staple crop of Asian origin have suffered from the absence of well-established genealogical classifications and inadequate historical-linguistic analysis. We therefore focus in this article on West-Coastal Bantu (WCB), one specific branch within the Bantu family whose genealogy and diachronic phonology are well established. We reconstruct three distinct banana terms to Proto-West-Coastal Bantu (PWCB), i.e. *dɪ̀‑ŋkòndò/*mà‑ŋkòndò ‘plantain’, *dɪ̀‑ŋkò/*mà‑ŋkò ‘plantain’ and *kɪ̀‑túká/*bì‑túká ‘bunch of bananas’. From this new historical-linguistic evidence we infer that AAB Plantains, one of Africa’s two major cultivar subgroups, already played a key role in the subsistence economy of the first Bantu speakers who assumedly migrated south of the rainforest around 2500 years ago. We furthermore analyze four innovations that emerged after WCB started to spread from its interior homeland in the Kasai-Kamtsha region of Congo-Kinshasa towards the Atlantic coast, i.e. dɪ̀‑kòndè ‘plantain’, kɪ̀‑tébè ‘starchy banana’, banga ‘False Horn plantain’, and dɪ̀‑tòtò ‘sweet banana’. Finally, we assess the historical implications of these lexical retentions and innovations both within and beyond WCB and sketch some perspectives for future lexicon-based banana research.","PeriodicalId":35170,"journal":{"name":"Studies in African Linguistics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-09-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41399829","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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morphology of argument marking in Zaghawa-Wagi Zaghawa Wagi中论点标记的形态学

Studies in African Linguistics Pub Date : 2021-09-18 DOI: 10.32473/sal.v50i2.118531

Isabel Compes

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Notes on actionality in two Nguni languages of South Africa 关于以南非两种恩古尼语采取行动的说明

Studies in African Linguistics Pub Date : 2021-09-18 DOI: 10.32473/sal.v50i2.123680

T. Crane, Bastian Persohn

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Tone alternation in Dàgáárè verbs: Perfectives and Imperfectives Dàgáárè动词的语气变化:完成体和不完成体

Studies in African Linguistics Pub Date : 2021-09-18 DOI: 10.32473/sal.v50i2.125996

Alexander Angsongna

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A Grammatical Description of Leteh Nominal Morphology Leteh名词形态学的语法描述

Studies in African Linguistics Pub Date : 2021-09-18 DOI: 10.32473/sal.v50i2.125661

M. A. Ansah

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Nominal tonology and spreading rules in Tagbana (Fròʔò dialect) Tagbana（Fråʔå方言）的名词音调学及其传播规律

Studies in African Linguistics Pub Date : 2021-09-18 DOI: 10.32473/sal.v50i2.117236

Annie Rialland, Yranahan Traoré, C. Féry

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Yorùbá Sentential Negative Markers Yorùbá句子否定标记

Studies in African Linguistics Pub Date : 2021-04-29 DOI: 10.32473/sal.v50i1.120778

Taofeeq Adebayo

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Noun class system of Kusaal 库萨尔的诺恩阶级制度

Studies in African Linguistics Pub Date : 2021-04-27 DOI: 10.32473/sal.v50i1.128792

H. Abubakari

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