Historical Phonology of Central Chadic - Prosodies and Lexical Reconstruction

Drawing on extensive field data, this groundbreaking work explores the development of the sound systems of Central Chadic languages.

List of contents

Preface; Acknowledgements; Languages and language variants used for reconstruction as listed in the database; Abbreviations and symbols; 1. Introduction; 2. Methodological Preliminarie; 3. Proto-Central chadic diachronic phonology and morphophonology: Inventories and principles; 4. Diachronic processes in central chadic language evolution; 5. Central chadic languages and the neogrammarian hypothesis; 6. Full lexical reconstructions; References; Index.

About the author

H. Ekkehard Wolff is Professor and Chair emeritus (African linguistics) at Leipzig University. He has more than 170 publications to his credit (incl. 30 books) on descriptive, typological, comparative, applied linguistics and sociolinguistics of African languages. He is Editor of The Cambridge Handbook of African Linguistics (2019) and of A History of African Linguistics (2019).

Summary

A pioneering study into the deep linguistic history of Central Chadic languages, this book applies refined comparative methodology to unpack the principles that underpin the Chadic languages' diverse phonological evolution. It is essential reading for researchers in African and Afroasiatic languages, historical linguistics and linguistic typology.

Foreword

Drawing on extensive field data, this groundbreaking work explores the development of the sound systems of Central Chadic languages.

Product details

• Authors: H. Ekkehard Wolff, H. Ekkehard (Universitat Leipzig) Wolff, Wolff H. Ekkehard
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.02.2025
• EAN: 9781009010672
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0901067-2
• No. of pages: 494
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General, Hausa, Language: history & general works, Dialect, slang & jargon, Phonetics, phonology, Language: history and general works, Dialect, slang and jargon