Patterns of linguistic convergence in Africa

INHALT Christopher Ehret: Validating the Nilo-Saharan Phonological Reconstruction – The Testimony of Loanword Seriation Zygmunt Frajzyngier: Borrowed Grammaticalization and Grammaticalization on a Borrowing Tom Güldemann: Person–Gender–Number Marking from Proto-Khoe–Kwadi to Its Descendants – A Rejoinder with Particular Reference to Language Contact Roland Kießling: The Non-Genetic Origin of the Mungaka Language of Bali – Searching for a Superstrate Christa Kilian-Hatz: Passive in Khoe (Central Khoisan) – A Case of Contact-Induced Grammaticalization? Maarten Kossmann: Sub-Saharan Influence on Tuareg Morphology – Case of Full Reduplication Tania Kuteva & Petra In der Smitten: European Borders – Political and Linguistic Wilhelm J. G. Möhlig: The Semantic Structure of the Riparian Landscape Terminology of Rumanyo in an Etymological Perspective Salikoko S. Mufwene: Grammaticization in the Development of Creoles Ongaye Oda Orkaydo & Mauro Tosco: Morphological Similarity and Contact: Plurals, Punctuals and Pluractionals in Konso and Gawwada (Cushitic, Southwest Ethiopia) Gabriele Sommer: How to Say ‘No’ in Shiyeyi – Negation, Language Change and Contact-Induced Phenomena in a South-Western Bantu Language Zelealem Leyew: Subordinate Clauses in Awŋi Nachstehend finden Sie einen weiteren Sammelband zu Konvergenz-Phänomenen: „Deictics, Copula, and Focus in the Ethiopian Convergence Area“, ISBN 978-3-89645-293-1.