Estimating areal effects in typology: A case study of african phoneme inventories
M Guzmán Naranjo, M Mertner - Linguistic Typology, 2023 - degruyter.com
In this paper, we combine several statistical techniques (multivariate probit models,
Gaussian processes, and phylogenetic regression) into a new approach for exploring the …
Gaussian processes, and phylogenetic regression) into a new approach for exploring the …
Khoekhoe Loanwords in isiXhosa and isiZulu: Beyond Click Loan
CR Christie - Journal of Language Contact, 2024 - brill.com
A precolonial language contact event between languages in the Nguni group of the Bantu
family and extinct undocumented languages in the Khoekhoe branch of the Khoe family left …
family and extinct undocumented languages in the Khoekhoe branch of the Khoe family left …
Our law is constitutional law, and it has rights*
S MnisiWeeks - PoLAR: Political and Legal Anthropology …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Indigenous Southern Africans say that their laws are fundamentally grounded in the
principle of Ubu‐Ntu (humane‐ness), but their communities are found empirically to often …
principle of Ubu‐Ntu (humane‐ness), but their communities are found empirically to often …
Making African Dictionaries More African
TJ Otlogetswe - Lexikos, 2024 - scielo.org.za
Making African Dictionaries More African Page 1 Lexikos 34 (AFRILEX-reeks/series 34:
2024): 309-330 Making African Dictionaries More African Thapelo J. Otlogetswe, Faculty of …
2024): 309-330 Making African Dictionaries More African Thapelo J. Otlogetswe, Faculty of …
A critique of linguistic borrowing from a translanguaging perspective
MM Bagwasi - Studies in African Linguistics, 2023 - journals.flvc.org
This paper analyses borrowing from a sociolinguistic and translanguaging perspective
through which it is viewed as a site for linguistic contestation, struggle, and power where …
through which it is viewed as a site for linguistic contestation, struggle, and power where …
Contact influence in the Tjhauba variety of Kgalagadi
H Gunnink - Afrika und Übersee, 2023 - journals.sub.uni-hamburg.de
Tjhauba, spoken in northwestern Botswana, is a regional variety of the Bantu language
Kgalagadi. Tjhauba exhibits a number of striking linguistic differences with respect to other …
Kgalagadi. Tjhauba exhibits a number of striking linguistic differences with respect to other …
[DOC][DOC] Possible topics for BA/MA thesises supervised by Hilde Gunnink
I Gunnink - africanstudies.ugent.be
Bantu languages spoken in southern Africa are known to have been in contact with various
“Khoisan” languages. This has resulted in the adoption of clicks in various Bantu languages …
“Khoisan” languages. This has resulted in the adoption of clicks in various Bantu languages …