Theoretical Aspects of Bantu Grammar

The study of Bantu languages of sub-Saharan Africa has provided the basis for significant contributions to research in linguistics. In recent years they have been used to advance morphological as well as syntactic theory, and in the study of interface relations in grammatical theory. The papers assembled in this volume, contributed by leading scholars in Bantu and general linguistics, deal with various aspects of the structure of Bantu languages. Sam A. Mchombo is assistant professor in the Department of Linguistics at the University of California, Berkeley.

Summary

The study of Bantu languages of sub-Saharan Africa has provided the basis for significant contributions to research in linguistics. The papers assembled in this volume, contributed by scholars in Bantu and general linguistics, deal with various aspects of the structure of Bantu languages.

Product details

• Authors: Sam Mchombo
• Publisher: Centre for the Study of Language & Information
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.1993
• EAN: 9780937073735
• ISBN: 978-0-937073-73-5
• No. of pages: 302
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 228 mm x 25 mm
• Weight: 642 g
• Illustrations: Illustrations
• Series: Center for the Study of Language & Information - Lecture Notes
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics