TY - BOOK AU - Nurse Derek AU - Nurse,Derek AU - Philippson,G��rard TI - The Bantu languages T2 - Routledge language family series SN - 0700711341 AV - PL8025 .B35 2003 PY - 2003/// CY - London, New York PB - Routledge KW - Bantu languages N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 652-685) and indexes; 1. Introduction / Derek Nurse and G��rard Philippson -- 2. The sounds of the Bantu languages / Ian Maddieson -- 3. Segmental phonology / Larry M. Hyman -- 4. Tone / Charles Kisseberth and David Odden -- 5. Derivation / Thilo C. Schadeberg -- 6. Aspect and tense in Bantu languages / Derek Nurse -- 7. Bantu nominal morphology / Francis Katamba -- 8. Syntax / Thomas Bearth -- 9. Historical linguistics / Thilo C. Schadeberg -- 10. Towards a historical classification of the Bantu languages / Derek Nurse and G��rard Philippson -- 11. Grammaticalization / Tom G��ldemann -- 12. Contact languages in the Bantu area / Salikoko S. Mufwene -- 13. The acquisition of Bantu languages / Katherine Demuth -- 14. Grassfields Bantu / John R. Watters -- 15. Basa�� (A43) / Larry M. Hyman -- 16. Nen (A44) / Maarten Mous -- 17. Kp��? (A53) / Gladys Guarisma -- 18. Makaa (A83) / Teresa Heath -- 19. The Bantu languages of the forest / Claire Gr��goire -- 20. The B30 language group / Lolke J. van der Veen -- 21. Babole (C101) / Myles Leitch -- 22. Lega (Beya dialect) (D25) / Robert Botne -- 23. Bila (D32) / Constance Kutsch Lojenga -- 24. Kilimanjaro Bantu (E60 and E74) / G��rard Philippson and Marie-Laure Montlahuc -- 25. The Interlacustrine zone (Zone J) / Yvonne Bastin -- 26. Rufiji-Ruvuma (N10, P10-20) / David Odden -- 27. Makhuwa (P30) / Charles Kisseberth -- 28. Western Savanna (K, R) / Gabriele Sommer -- 29. Herero (R31) / Edward D. Elderkin -- 30. Zone S / Derek Gowlett -- 31. A classification of the Bantu languages : an update of Guthrie's referential system / Jouni Maho UR - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0652/2002068231-d.html UR - http://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9780415412650 ER -