Kula Nancy C., Marten Lutz (eds.) Bantu in Bloomsbury: Special Issue on Bantu Linguistics

London: Department of Linguistics, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, 2007 — vi + 260 p. — (SOAS Working Papers in Linguistics 15) — ISBN: 978-0-7286-0380-6, ISSN: 1473-0855.The papers in this special volume of SOAS Working Papers in Linguistics result from an international conference entitled ‘Bantu Grammar: Description and Theory’, held at SOAS from 20th to 22nd April 2006. Despite the long-standing research tradition in Bantu linguistics, the contribution of Bantu languages to general and theoretical linguistics and the active research community, the SOAS conference was the first conference dedicated to all aspects of the study of Bantu languages and linguistics for a long time, in fact for as long as we can remember. We hope that the conference, and the papers in this volume arising from it, provide further evidence for how much Bantu languages have to offer linguistically, and for the wide scope and high quality of current research in Bantu linguistics. We hope that the reader will find new ideas, analyses and data in this volume which will answer old questions, or maybe lead to new ones, and stimulate further discussion about Bantu languages and linguistics.Bantu in Bloomsbury
Nancy C. Kula and Lutz Marten
Phonology
Stem Tone Melodies in Cilungu
Lee Bickmore
The Exponence of TAM in Bakweri
Michael Marlo and David Odden
On Recent Trends in Phonology: Vowel Sequences in Bantu Languages
Al Mtenje
Syntax-Phonology
The Prosody and Syntax of Zulu Relative Clauses
Lisa Cheng and Laura J. Downing
A First Approach to Information Structuring in Xitsonga/Xichangana
Sabine Zerbian
Syntax
Leftward Focus versus Rightward Focus: The Kwa-Bantu Conspiracy
Enoch Oladé Aboh
Semantic and Formal Locatives: Implications for the Bantu Locative Inversion Typology
Leston Buell
Minimal Verbal and Adjectival Inflection in Dibole
Myles Leitch
The Structure of the Bantu Noun Phrase
Josephat M. Rugemalira