Buy a linguistic geography of africa cambridge approaches to language contact 1 by edited by bernd heine, derek nurse, bernd heine, derek nurse isbn. Human geography a f ric a is s o met imes n ic k n a med t h e m o t h er c o n t in en t a s it s t h e o ld es t in h a b it ed c o n t in en t o n ea rt h. Within its regular outline, it comprises an area of 30,368,609 km 2 11,725,385 sq mi, excluding adjacent islands. World regions covered in these workshops include latin america, north america, north africasouthwest asia, subsaharan africa, russia, europe, and east asia. Download a linguistic geography of africa cambridge. A linguistic geography of africa more than forty years ago it was demonstrated that the african continent can be divided into four distinct language families. African geography africa is the worlds second largest continent and also the second most populated country in the world. Linguistic ideologies in multilingual south african. The continents population has undergone great change over time. The state of the discipline in south africa executive summary introduction the study1 was initiated in 19989 as part of a wider project of the national research foundation who invited professional societies to participate in a research endeavour to. Evidence for direct geographic influences on linguistic. A linguistic geography of africa pdf free download epdf.
So undergraduates approach this book with diverent mixes of languages and linguistics. The aim of geocurrents is not to take sides on any of these events, but to help foster an enriching and respectful exchange of information and ideas. The language situation in africa today was a government primary school which had swahili medium upto the fourth grade. The population of africa is over 900 million people making up 14% of the planets population. Afroasiatic languages are spread throughout western asia, north africa, the horn of africa and parts of the sahel austronesian languages are spoken in madagascar indoeuropean languages are spoken in south africa and namibia afrikaans, english, german and are used as lingua francas in the former colonies of britain. The southern african linguistics and applied language studies is printed on an acid free, woodfree product, containing bagasse, which is the fibrous residue from processed sugar cane. Southern african linguistics and applied language studies publishes articles on a wide range of linguistic topics and acts as a forum for research into all the languages of southern africa, including english and afrikaans. It is a lingua franca of the african great lakes region and other parts of. Among the 50 independent african countries there are vast population differences. Africa, the secondlargest continent, is bounded by the mediterranean sea, the red sea, the indian ocean, and the atlantic ocean.
Swahili, also known as kiswahili is a bantu language and the first language of the swahili people. No one geographical factor is more important than any other b. Afroasiatic languages are spread throughout western asia, north africa, the horn of africa and parts of the sahel. Africa world press or a typological grouping masquer. A linguistic geography of africa bernd heine, derek nurse. Africa and african identities are often defined on the basis of numerous taxonomies including religious, ecological, ethnic, biological, linguistic, geographical and historical terms. Dec, 2007 buy a linguistic geography of africa cambridge approaches to language contact 1 by edited by bernd heine, derek nurse, bernd heine, derek nurse isbn. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Generally, a linguistic area is a region where a number of contiguous languages share a number of linguistic features whose presence can be explained with reference neither to genetic relationship, drift, universal constraints on language struc. West africa where three african language families meet, i. Wikipedia language families world map the geography blog of. It has global implications end page 190 for the linguistic subfields of areal linguistics and, less directly, language universals, and it well deserves the attention of linguists of other regions of the world and not just specialists on africa. History and geography of africa rutgers university. The peopling of the african continent and the diaspora into the new.
Outside africa, undergraduates learn african languages as adults but while some learn an african language before studying linguistics, for others it is the other way round. A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext. A linguistic geography of africa bernd heine, derek. The title will be removed from your cart because it is not available. Geocurrents is a forum dedicated to exploring the peoples, places, genes, and languages that are shaping current events around the world. Although parts of the region fit each definition, north africa and southwest asia are considered a perceptual region based on common language and religion. A linguistic geography of africa edited by bernd heine and derek nurse. Why and how africa should invest in african languages and. African theatre, effectively, the theatre of africa south of the sahara that emerged in the postcolonial erathat is to say, from the mid20th century onward it is not possible to talk of much african theatre as if it fell into discrete historical or national patterns. An east african perspective precolonial origins, colonial deconstruction, postcolonial reconstruction, pp. Languages with phonemic ejective consonants were found to occur closer to inhabitable regions of high elevation, when contrasted to languages without.
Scientists define a desert climate as one in which. African consortium for law and religion studies, south africa. Cambridge approaches to language contact includes bibliographical references and index. This dispersal of the human species is suggested by linguistic, cultural and genetic. A linguistic geography of africa cambridge approaches to language contact. Photo 1 shows a remarkably wellpreserved hippo from these excavations. We present evidence that the geographic context in which a language is spoken may directly impact its phonological form. Request pdf a linguistic geography of africa more than forty years ago it was demonstrated that the african continent can be divided into four distinct language families. The cultural geography of north africa, southwest asia, and central asia.
The languages of africa are divided into six major language families. In this sense, a dialect is regarded as a geographical variety of a language, spoken in a certain area, and being different in some linguistic items from. The world in spatial terms how to use maps and other geographic representations, tools, and technologies to acquire, process, and report information. Geography is key to understanding any region of the world. Subsaharan africa is, geographically, the area of the continent of africa that lies south of the. A linguistic geography of africa pdf free download. Linguistic ideologies in multilingual south african suburban. A linguistic geography of africa cambridge approaches to language contact 9780521182690. The nigercongo languages are the worlds third largest language family in terms of number of speakers and africas largest in terms of geographical area, number of speakers and. A geographical typology of african languages jointly with an.
Mcnulty, the contemporary africa of africa, in africa, edited by phiyllis m. Using this free map quiz game, you can learn about nigeria and 54 other african countries. Original contributions are welcomed on any of the core areas of linguistics, both theoretical e. The producers of this environment friendly paper, sappi, have been certified as meeting the iso 14001 environmental management system standard. Africa is the worlds second largest continent and also the second most populated country in the world. Colonial boundaries ignored cultural and linguistic unities, and ancient movements throughout the continentsometimes. In 1, we have given some examples of sentences in different varieties of language. It provides a broad perspective on africa as a linguistic area, as well as an analysis of specific linguistic regions. Africas linguistic and cultural diversity, radio dj in mozambique africas multilingualism and cultural diversity is an asset that must, at long last, be put to use. In africa, 12 of 21 57% languages with ejectives occur in high. Linguistic ideologies in multilingual south african suburban schools pinky makoea and carolyn mckinneyb adepartment of english studies, university of south africa, pretoria, south africa. The human leukocyte antigen hla polymorphism has been analyzed for several decades in human populations with the aim to investigate human genetic relationships and reconstruct past migration events 1, 2, 3, 4. Dialect study as a disciplinedialectologydates from the first half of the 19th century, when local dialect dictionaries and dialect grammars first appeared in western europe.
Africa not only has the highest levels of genetic diversity, but a considerable. Instead they are a geographical and sociocultural grouping. Stuf language typology and universals universiteit leiden. The westward wanderings of cushitic pastoralists horizon ird. Lesotho geography teachers are highly challenged because their subject includes both the human and physical geography spheres, which are difficult to teach in a situation where teaching aids are lacking. A linguistic geography of africa cambridge approaches to. Places and regions the physical and human characteristics of places. The direct influence of a geographic variable on a languages sound system has yet to be demonstrated. Practical examples of geography instruction used to model how exemplary teachers across the nation teach. Widely regarded as the site where the human race originated, in 2007 africa was home to more than 965 million people. In order to have a better understanding of african languages, their structures, and their history, more information on these contactinduced relationships is essential to understanding africa s linguistic geography, and to reconstructing its history and prehistory. Food and agriculture organization of the united na. However, although many works reported the efficiency of this system at inferring historic relationships among populations, there is generally little doubt about the fact.
Africa has an array of diverse ecosystems, from sandy deserts to lush rain forests. The changing geography of africa and the middle east, 118. Linguistic geography definition of linguistic geography. In the particular case of a linguistic geography of africa, both the areal and genetic linguistics approaches help us make informed distinctions between convergence and diversification with common genetic inheritance, andor, in some cases, articulate the relevant problems. It is divided in half almost equally by the equator. The mountains are an exception to africas general landscape. A survey, 20002001 report research team prof u j fairhurst prof r j davies prof rc fox dr mr ramutsindela mr p goldschagg dr u bob dr mm khosa society of south african geographers june 2003 department of geography, geoinformatics and meteorology, university of pretoria, south africa. Research on african languages has accordingly been preoccupied with reconstructing and understanding similarities across these families. Prisoners of geography study guide, 2017 steven alan samson introduction outline a. In order to have a better understanding of african languages, their structures, and their history, more information on these contactinduced relationships is essential to understanding africas linguistic geography, and to. If youre looking for a free download links of a linguistic geography of africa cambridge approaches to language contact pdf, epub, docx and torrent then this site is not for you. We examined the geographic coordinates and elevations of 567 language locations represented in a worldwide phonetic database. Africa, the second largest continent in the world, is a place with a great variety of landscapes, climates, wildlife, and civilizations.
Arial default design geography of africa powerpoint presentation powerpoint presentation powerpoint presentation rift valley, kenya powerpoint presentation powerpoint presentation virunga mountains, rwanda from. Geographers came up with the idea of high africa and low africa to help distinguish the difference in geography. They will also come with divering linguistic approaches. In the ethnologue map shown above, a red dot is placed at the geographical center of each of the 6,906 languages listed in the organizations database. The mountains are an exception to africa s general landscape. Linguistic geography definition of linguistic geography by. Anton knoetze, commissioner, commission for the promotion and protection of the rights of culture, religious and linguistic communities, south africa religious pluralism, heritage and social development in africa tuesday, 24 may 2016. In order to have a better understanding of african languages, their structures, and their history, more information on these contactinduced relationships is essential to understanding africas linguistic geography, and to reconstructing its history and prehistory.
Africa is a continent comprising 63 political territories, representing the largest of the great southward projections from the main mass of earths surface. Africas physical geography, environment and resources, and human geography can be considered separately. Record both similarities and differences among the peoples who inhabit this region. In subsaharan africa, there is a strong emotional attachment to language and ethnicity. Afroasiatic, nilosharan, otomanguean, and eyak nadene. Yet there is a need to cover both the local junior geography syllabus and the international university of cambridge senior geography syllabus. An analysis of the information behaviour of geography. Sep 02, 2009 a linguistic geography of africa, despite its readerfriendly title, is a highly technical book aimed at professional linguists.
A linguistic geography of africa request pdf researchgate. Classification and phonological overview of african languages, larry m. Fossil, linguistic, and genetic evidence indicate that. Linguistic geography definition is local or regional variations of a language or dialect studied as a field of knowledge called also dialect geography. A geographical typology of african languages jointly with. Southern african linguistics and applied language studies. It generally appears that the official language of a country is the one in which the laws of the country are made and publicised, whereas the national language is. A linguistic geography of africa, despite its readerfriendly title, is a highly technical book aimed at professional linguists. Terminals are almost universally low or falling for finality and. Request pdf a linguistic geography of africa more than forty years ago it was demonstrated that the african continent can be divided into four distinct. The geography of major linguistic families and of historic migration events in africa. The northern limit of the bantu languages is one of the important linguistic boundaries of africa and this and the subsequent 3 volumes provide an invaluable resource which delimits the. In guthries geographic classification, swahili is in bantu zone g, whereas the other sabaki. Chapter overviewvisit the glencoe world geography web site at tx.
Generally, a linguistic area is a region where a number of contiguous languages share a number of linguistic features whose presence can be explained with reference neither to genetic relationship, drift, universal constraints on language structure or language development, nor to chance and where such a set. Polar question intonation in five ghanaian languages. The title will be removed from your cart because it is not available in this region. A linguistic geography of africamore than forty years ago it was demonstrated that the african continent can be divid. In order to have a better understanding of african languages, their structures, and their history, more information on these contactinduced relationships is essential to understanding africa s linguistic geography, and to.
Africa accounts for onefi fth of earths total land area. Media in category linguistic maps of africa the following 118 files are in this category, out of 118 total. Koji miyazaki ilcaa, vicepresident of tokyo university of foreign studies. The main fulani of west africa are dark blue on the map. Wikipedia language families world map the geography blog. The ethnologue is one of the best sites on the web for information about languages and linguistic geography.
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