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An areal typology of clause-final negation in Africa ; An areal typology of clause-final negation in Africa: Language dynamics in space and time
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In: Aspects of linguistic variation ; https://halshs.archives-ouvertes.fr/halshs-01933965 ; Daniël Van Olmen, Tanja Mortelmans, Frank Brisard. Aspects of linguistic variation, De Gruyter Mouton, pp.115-163, 2018, ⟨10.1515/9783110607963-005⟩ (2018)
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An areal typology of clause-final negation in Africa ; An areal typology of clause-final negation in Africa: Language dynamics in space and time
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In: Aspects of linguistic variation ; https://halshs.archives-ouvertes.fr/halshs-01933965 ; Daniël Van Olmen, Tanja Mortelmans, Frank Brisard. Aspects of linguistic variation, De Gruyter Mouton, pp.115-163, 2018, ⟨10.1515/9783110607963-005⟩ (2018)
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Number of phonemes and number of speakers ; Richesse en phonèmes et richesse en locuteurs
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In: https://halshs.archives-ouvertes.fr/halshs-01631481 ; 2017 (2017)
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The lexical frequency of labial-velar stops as a window on the linguistic prehistory of northern sub-Saharan Africa
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In: DLCE Workshop "Language shift and substratum interference in (pre)history" ; https://halshs.archives-ouvertes.fr/halshs-01676446 ; DLCE Workshop "Language shift and substratum interference in (pre)history", Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, Jul 2017, Jena, Germany (2017)
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The lexical frequency of labial-velar stops as a window on the linguistic prehistory of northern sub-Saharan Africa
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In: DLCE Workshop "Language shift and substratum interference in (pre)history" ; https://halshs.archives-ouvertes.fr/halshs-01676446 ; DLCE Workshop "Language shift and substratum interference in (pre)history", Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, Jul 2017, Jena, Germany (2017)
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The lexical frequency of labial-velar stops in northern sub-Saharan Africa and its historical implications
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In: Workshop "Areal features and linguistic reconstruction in Africa". 47th Annual Conference on African Linguistics ; https://halshs.archives-ouvertes.fr/halshs-01481552 ; Workshop "Areal features and linguistic reconstruction in Africa". 47th Annual Conference on African Linguistics, Mar 2016, Berkeley, United States (2016)
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Stem-initial accent and C-emphasis prosody in north-western Bantu
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In: 6th International Conference on Bantu Languages ; https://halshs.archives-ouvertes.fr/halshs-01481547 ; 6th International Conference on Bantu Languages, Jun 2016, Helsinki, Finland (2016)
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A Corpus–driven Approach to Language Contact ; A Corpus–driven Approach to Language Contact: Endangered Languages in a Comparative Perspective
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In: https://halshs.archives-ouvertes.fr/halshs-01287037 ; Mouton de Gruyter, 2016, 978-1-61451-657-6 (2016)
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Borrowing and contact intensity ; Borrowing and contact intensity: A corpus-driven approach from four Slavic minority languages
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In: ISSN: 1877-4091 ; EISSN: 1955-2629 ; Journal of Language Contact ; https://halshs.archives-ouvertes.fr/halshs-01287057 ; Journal of Language Contact, Brill Online Books and Journals edition 2016, 9 (3), pp.515-544. ⟨10.1163/19552629-00903004⟩ (2016)
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Implications of the lexical frequency of labial-velar stops in northern sub-Saharan Africa for Niger-Congo reconstruction
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In: Towards Proto-Niger-Congo: Comparison and Reconstruction (2nd International Congress) ; https://halshs.archives-ouvertes.fr/halshs-01481574 ; Towards Proto-Niger-Congo: Comparison and Reconstruction (2nd International Congress), Sep 2016, Paris, France (2016)
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International audience ; Cross-linguistically, labial-velar stops are rather rare, but they are known to be common in the languages of northern sub-Saharan Africa (NSSA) (Cahill 2008, Maddieson 2011). For this reason, labial-velar stops are usually considered to be a distinctive areal feature of NSSA (Clements & Rialland 2008, Güldemann 2008). At the same time, a cursory examination of the descriptions of the languages that have labial-velar stops quickly reveals that they can vary significantly with respect to the status of labial-velar stops in their phonologies and lexicons. This paper presents the results of a large-scale survey of the lexical frequency of labial-velar stops in 336 languages of NSSA and discusses their implications for Niger-Congo reconstruction.The spatial analysis of the data shows that there are two major areas with high lexical frequency of labial-velar stops within NSSA, roughly corresponding to coastal West Africa on the one hand and CAR & northern DRC on the other. These areas are separated by a major discontinuity in Cameroon and northeastern Nigeria. When considered against the geography of NSSA, this spatial distribution suggests that the two areas are hotbeds not so much for spread but for retention of labial-velar stops, with the hotbeds arguably correlating with higher incidence of language shift events (as opposed to language contact) as the principal mechanism for the transfer of labial-velars. The data clearly imply that labial-velar stops and a number of other correlated phonetic and phonological features should not be reconstructed for Proto Niger-Congo or any of its major branches. Furthermore, the observed distribution suggests a rather northern localization of the homelands of most major branches of Niger-Congo in grassland and savanna ecoregions. Finally, the data are strongly indicative of a late and relatively quick passage of Bantoid through the areas of high lexical frequency of labial-velar stops, supporting the “East-out-of-West” hypothesis of the Eastern Bantu emergence with the Eastern Bantu break-off point somewhere south of the rainforest.
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[SHS.LANGUE]Humanities and Social Sciences/Linguistics; Adamawa languages; African languages; areal linguistics; Bantu languages; historical linguistics; labial-velar stops; language contact; Niger-Congo languages; northern sub-Saharan Africa; phonology; quantative methods
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URL: https://halshs.archives-ouvertes.fr/halshs-01481574
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Stem-initial accent and C-emphasis prosody in north-western Bantu
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In: Workshop "Areal features and linguistic reconstruction in Africa". 47th Annual Conference on African Linguistics ; https://halshs.archives-ouvertes.fr/halshs-01481521 ; Workshop "Areal features and linguistic reconstruction in Africa". 47th Annual Conference on African Linguistics, Mar 2016, Berkeley, United States (2016)
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The lexical frequency of labial-velar stops in northern sub-Saharan Africa and its historical implications
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In: Workshop "Areal features and linguistic reconstruction in Africa". 47th Annual Conference on African Linguistics ; https://halshs.archives-ouvertes.fr/halshs-01481552 ; Workshop "Areal features and linguistic reconstruction in Africa". 47th Annual Conference on African Linguistics, Mar 2016, Berkeley, United States (2016)
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Stem-initial accent and C-emphasis prosody in north-western Bantu
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In: 6th International Conference on Bantu Languages ; https://halshs.archives-ouvertes.fr/halshs-01481547 ; 6th International Conference on Bantu Languages, Jun 2016, Helsinki, Finland (2016)
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Stem-initial accent and C-emphasis prosody in north-western Bantu
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In: Workshop "Areal features and linguistic reconstruction in Africa". 47th Annual Conference on African Linguistics ; https://halshs.archives-ouvertes.fr/halshs-01481521 ; Workshop "Areal features and linguistic reconstruction in Africa". 47th Annual Conference on African Linguistics, Mar 2016, Berkeley, United States (2016)
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Implications of the lexical frequency of labial-velar stops in northern sub-Saharan Africa for Niger-Congo reconstruction
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In: Towards Proto-Niger-Congo: Comparison and Reconstruction (2nd International Congress) ; https://halshs.archives-ouvertes.fr/halshs-01481574 ; Towards Proto-Niger-Congo: Comparison and Reconstruction (2nd International Congress), Sep 2016, Paris, France (2016)
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A Corpus–driven Approach to Language Contact ; A Corpus–driven Approach to Language Contact: Endangered Languages in a Comparative Perspective
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In: https://halshs.archives-ouvertes.fr/halshs-01287037 ; Mouton de Gruyter, 2016, 978-1-61451-657-6 (2016)
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Borrowing and contact intensity ; Borrowing and contact intensity: A corpus-driven approach from four Slavic minority languages
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In: ISSN: 1877-4091 ; EISSN: 1955-2629 ; Journal of Language Contact ; https://halshs.archives-ouvertes.fr/halshs-01287057 ; Journal of Language Contact, Brill Online Books and Journals edition 2016, 9 (3), pp.515-544. ⟨10.1163/19552629-00903004⟩ (2016)
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Areal features in northern sub-Saharan Africa: introduction
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In: 8th World Congress of African Linguistics ; https://halshs.archives-ouvertes.fr/halshs-01481417 ; 8th World Congress of African Linguistics, Aug 2015, Kyoto, Japan (2015)
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Explaining the intransitive L tone in Greater Manding: a form with(out) a function
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In: 22nd International Conference on Historical Linguistics ; https://halshs.archives-ouvertes.fr/halshs-01481400 ; 22nd International Conference on Historical Linguistics, Aug 2015, Naples, Italy (2015)
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Clause-final negative markers in Bobo and Samogo: parallel evolution and contact
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In: ISSN: 2210-2116 ; Journal of Historical Linguistics ; https://halshs.archives-ouvertes.fr/halshs-01278633 ; Journal of Historical Linguistics, John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2015, 5 (2), pp.235-266. ⟨10.1075/jhl.5.2.02idi⟩ (2015)
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