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The lexical frequency of labial-velar stops in northern sub-Saharan Africa and its historical implications
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)
Abstract: International audience ; Cross-linguistically, labial-velar stops (LVS) are rather rare, but they are known to be common in the languages of northern sub-Saharan Africa (NSSA). This paper presents the results of a large-scale survey of the lexical frequency of LVS in 336 languages of NSSA. Our primary findings are that (i) within NSSA, we can distinguish two major areas with high lexical frequency of LVS, (ii) LVS are significantly less common in so-called basic vocabulary and more common in the “expressive” parts of the lexicon. The paper also explores the possible implications of these findings with respect to the linguistic mechanisms and historical processes that have brought about the current distribution of LVS in NSSA.
Keyword: [SHS.LANGUE]Humanities and Social Sciences/Linguistics; African languages; areal linguistics; historical linguistics; labial-velar stops; language contact; northern sub-Saharan Africa; phonology; quantative methods
URL: https://halshs.archives-ouvertes.fr/halshs-01481552
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Implications of the lexical frequency of labial-velar stops in northern sub-Saharan Africa for Niger-Congo reconstruction
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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The lexical frequency of labial-velar stops in northern sub-Saharan Africa and its historical implications
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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Implications of the lexical frequency of labial-velar stops in northern sub-Saharan Africa for Niger-Congo reconstruction
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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Areal features in northern sub-Saharan Africa: introduction
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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Areal features in northern sub-Saharan Africa: introduction
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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