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Afrika und Übersee
ISSN 0002-0427 · Hamburg University Press · 61 artikel di indeks
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Synchronic variation in Igede syllable structure
This study examines synchronic variation in the syllable structure of Igede, an Idomoid language spoken in Nigeria and concludes that the syllable structure of the language is currently undergoing change. Existing body of work on the language as far back as Bergman (1971) show that Igede has the V…
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A typology of relative and possessive constructions in Oromo
This study is a description, analysis, and contextualization of relative clauses and adnominal possessive constructions in the Cushitic language Oromo (Afaan Oromoo) spoken in Ethiopia, which are of interest for language typology. First, SOV order is combined with postnominal possessors, which is…
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Number marking on nouns and adjectives of Sidaama
This paper aims to systematically analyze the formal marking of numbers on common nouns and adjectives of Sidaama, a Highland East Cushitic (HEC hereafter) language spoken in Ethiopia. There are three formal categories of number in Sidaama: basic form, singulative, and plurative. The basic form is…
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The vowel system of Ndam
Ndam (Eastern Chadic, ISO [ndm]) displays an array of seven or nine surface vowels. However, the distribution and behavior of these vowels, as evidenced from morphophonemic data, shows that the inventory can be reduced to two basic vowels, /ə/ and /a/, if the operation of two prosodies is also…
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STAMP morphs, prefix conjugations and multiverb predicates in the Chadic languages
STAMP morphs, prefix conjugations and the multiverb predicate subtype called auxiliary verb constructions (AVCs) that these derive from in the Chadic languages are discussed. Chadic languages are typically SVO (or VSO) and typically AUX V syntactically. Synchronically complex verb forms which…
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Palatalization and labialization in the Chadic languages of Chad
This paper examines verb data from five Chadic languages of Chad, in order to show the extent to which the prosodies of labialization (LAB) and palatalization (PAL) are relevant to the synchronic analysis of their phonologies. Previous studies have established the synchronic functioning of…
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The (low) phylogenetic relatedness of Conative Animal Calls: The case of Oroko and Mokpe (Bantu Zone A)
The present article is dedicated to the documentation of conative animal calls (CACs) in Mokpe and Oroko (Bantu Zone A) and the analysis of the cognancy / phylogenetic relatedness of these constructions. The examination of original data demonstrates that the CAC categories in both languages comply…
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Les relations lexicales entre le giziga – tchadique central – et le fulfulde (Cameroun)
Dans la région Extrême-Nord du Cameroun, les Guiziga sont sans doute la population la plus intimement imbriquée avec les Peuls. Ils occupent ensemble la vaste plaine du Diamaré, jusqu’aux piémonts des monts Mandara. Si leur longue cohabitation n’a pas toujours été idyllique, leurs langues…
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Cushitic loans in South Nilotic revisited
This article explores lexical contact between Cushitic and Nilotic taking the proposed Cushitic language Proto Baz as point of departure. Proto Baz is a putative East Cushitic language proposed by Heine, Rottland & Vossen (1979), on the basis of words borrowed into South Nilotic. Some of the loans…
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An overview of relative clauses in Gavar
The goal of this paper is to give a typological overview of the main characteristics of restrictive relative clauses in Gavar. The analysis is based on 572 examples of relative clauses taken from a corpus of 59 interlinearised texts, elicited examples and example sentence provided for lexical…
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Comparing phasal aspect in some West Chadic and West Benue Congo languages
We undertake an initial crosslinguistic comparison of formal coding linked to the functions of phasal aspect in selected languages from West Chadic and West Benue Congo. Canonical phasal aspect types are semantically characterized as INITIATION, TERMINATION, and CONTINUATION. We consider phasal and…
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Information structure in Nda'nda'
This paper describes how a syntactic constituent can be manipulated within the structure of a sentence in Nda’nda’ in order to give it pragmatic prominence. To achieve this, attention has to be paid to the various means used by Nda’nda’ speakers to bring listeners to focus their attention on the…
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Language maps and sociolinguistic data
Drawing language maps is not normally considered an important part of linguists’ work. Nonetheless, language maps influence their users’ perceptions and understandings of the characteristics of the languages that they represent. Therefore, given their communicative power, wide accessibility, and…
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Towards reconstructing the numeral classifier system of Proto-Tivoid
The Tivoid subgroup of Bantoid presents an evolving numeral classifier system with restricted lexical coverage, as attested for a number of various subgroups of the Benue Congo languages of Nigeria and Cameroon (Kießling 2018). Semantically, these classifiers categorise counted items for their…
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Florian Balbiani: Mission – Kolonialismus – Nationalsozialismus. Ernst Dammann und die Hamburger Afrikanistik, 1930 – 1937.
Die Rezension von Florian Balbianis Studie „Mission – Kolonialismus – Nationalsozialismus. Ernst Dammann und die Hamburger Afrikanistik, 1930 – 1937“ macht deutlich, dass der gewählte Forschungsansatz innovativ und hilfreich für diesen unterbelichteten Teil der Geschichtswissenschaft ist. Die…