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The Historical Linguistics of Hunter-Gatherers in East Africa: A Discussion ...
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This seminar is more a guided discussion than an ex cathedra presentation on issues that nag me while doing historical linguistics on data from Hunter-Gatherer groups. I take “Hunter-Gatherer” as a very general label for groups that are characterised (rightly or wrongly) as such, and I want to reach a better insight into which distinctions to make among them that are relevant for linguistic study (like immediate and delayed return is for social organisation). After a general introduction the seminar, time is used for one discussion question after the next, all briefly introduced below: Q1: Which distinctions to make among Hunter-Gatherer groups in East Africa that have relevance for (socio-)linguistics? Q2: Is ethno-linguistic identity less vital for (some of the) Hunter-Gatherer groups? Q3: Is there less memory of history of the group among Hunter-Gatherer groups? Q4: What are the linguistic properties of Hunter-Gatherer languages? Q5: What of this to keep in mind in doing historical linguistics involving ... : Note: This talk has not gone through a process of peer review, and findings should therefore be treated as preliminary and subject to change. Acknowledgement and citation: Mous, Maarten. 2022. The Historical Linguistics of Hunter-Gatherers in East Africa: A Discussion. Talk given at the Rift Valley Network Webinar Series. 20/04/2022. ...
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Dorobo; East Africa; Hadza; Hunter-Gatherer; Languages of Tanzania; Pygmy; Sociolinguistics; Tanzanian Rift Valley Area; West Africa
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URL: https://zenodo.org/record/6473340
https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6473340
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The Historical Linguistics of Hunter-Gatherers in East Africa: A Discussion ...
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A Look at Diachronic Phonological Processes in Inthii Oy
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In: Journal of the Southeast Asian Linguistics Society, Vol 13, Iss 1, Pp 1-52 (2020) (2020)
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Busy Intersections: A Framework for Revitalization
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In: Applied Linguistics Faculty Publications and Presentations (2017)
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The Knowledge of Ideophones in Multilingual Contexts: A West African Pilot Study
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In: Applied Linguistics Faculty Publications and Presentations (2016)
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The Definite Article in Mel
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In: Applied Linguistics Faculty Publications and Presentations (2016)
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The Knowledge of Ideophones and Multilingualism: A West African Pilot Study
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In: Applied Linguistics Faculty Publications and Presentations (2016)
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Busy Intersections: A Framework for Revitalization
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In: Applied Linguistics Faculty Publications and Presentations (2015)
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From Wordlist to Comparative Lexicography: The Lexinotes
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In: Lexikos; Vol. 3 (1993) ; 2224-0039 (2013)
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Ancestor Non-worship in Mampruli
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In: Lexikos; Vol. 6 (1996) ; 2224-0039 (2013)
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Vernacular Literacy Practices in Present-day Mali ; Vernacular Literacy Practices in Present-day Mali: Combining Ethnography and Textual Analysis to Understand Multilingual Texts
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In: Language Mixing and Code-Switching in Writing. Approaches to Mixed-Language Written Discourse ; https://halshs.archives-ouvertes.fr/halshs-00683793 ; Mark Sebba, Shahrzad Mahootian and Carla Jonsson. Language Mixing and Code-Switching in Writing. Approaches to Mixed-Language Written Discourse, Routledge, pp.170-191, 2012, Routledge Critical Studies in Multilingualism (2012)
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Vernacular Literacy Practices in Present-day Mali
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In: Language Mixing and Code-Switching in Writing. Approaches to Mixed-Language Written Discourse ; https://halshs.archives-ouvertes.fr/halshs-00683899 ; Mark Sebba, Shahrzad Mahootian and Carla Jonsson. Language Mixing and Code-Switching in Writing. Approaches to Mixed-Language Written Discourse, Routledge, pp.170-191, 2012 (2012)
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The Hausa Lexicographic Tradition
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In: Lexikos, Vol 11 (2011) (2011)
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When languages meet : language contact and change in West Africa
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Negation patterns in West African languages and beyond
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The verb and related areal features in West Africa : continuity and discountinuity within and across Sprachbound Frontiers
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Language Endangerment in West Africa: Its Victims and Causes
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In: Applied Linguistics Faculty Publications and Presentations (2008)
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Language Death within the Atlantic Group of West Africa
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In: Applied Linguistics Faculty Publications and Presentations (2008)
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