Bibliography: African Languages and Linguistics
The following bibliography was created and is maintained exclusively by me. It is not meant to be exhaustive and, instead, serves as a starting point for fieldworkers and junior scholars. PDFs are provided only for extremely dated work or those already available to the public. Nonetheless, this may be not be partially or fully reproduced without prior approval. Nonetheless, this bibliography may not be partially or fully reproduced without prior approval.
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General Readings
47 References
- Alexandre, Pierre. 1972. An Introduction to Languages and Language in Africa. Translated by F. A. Leary. London: Heinemann.
- Bastin, Y., Coupez A., and Mann M. 1999. Continuity and Divergence in the Bantu Languages from a Lexicostatistic Study. Tervuren, Belgium: Annales, Sciences Humaines, Royal Museum for Central Africa.
- Batibo, Herman M. 2005. Language Decline and Death in Africa: Causes, Consequences, and Challenges. Clevedon: Multilingual Matters. Print.
- Bendor-Samuel, John and Rhonda L. Hartell (eds). 1989. The Niger-Congo Languages: A Classification and Description of Africa's Largest Language Family. Lanham, MD: University Press of America.
- Bender, Marvin Lionel. 1996. The Nilo-Saharan Languages: A Comparative Essay. München, DE: LINCOM Europa.
- Bodomo, Adams and Augustine Agwuele. 2018. The Routledge Handbook of African Linguistics. New York, NY: Routledge.
- Childs, G. Tucker. 2003. An Introduction to African Languages. Philadelphia, PA: John Benjamins Publishing Company.
- Dimmendaal, Gerrit J. and Rainer Vossen (eds). 2020. The Oxford Handbook of African Languages. Oxford University Press.
- Doke, Clement Martyn. 1935. Bantu Linguistic Terminology. London, UK: Longmans, Green & Co.
- ———. 1945. Bantu: Modern Grammatical, Phonological, and Lexicographical Studies Since 1860. London, UK: Percy Lund, Humphries & Co. Ltd.
- Essegbey, James, Brent Henderson, and Fiona McLaughlin (eds). 2015. Language Documentation and Endangerment in Africa. Philadelphia, PA: John Benjamins Publishing Company.
- Greenberg, Joseph H. 1966. The Languages of Africa (2nd ed). Bloomington: Indiana University.
- Gregoire, Claire. 1975. Les Locatifs en Bantou. Koninklijk Museum voor Midden Afrika.
- Gregersen, Edgar A. 1977. Language in Africa: An Introductory Survey. New York: Gordon and Breach.
- Guthrie, Malcolm. 1948. The Classification of the Bantu Languages. New York, NY: International African Institute, Oxford University Press.
- ———. 1971. Comparative Bantu: An Introduction to the Comparative Linguistics and Prehistory of the Bantu Languages. Farnborough: Gregg Press.
- Heine, Bernd and Derek Nurse. 2000. African Languages. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.
- ———. 2008. Tense and Aspect in Bantu. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- Heine, Bernd, Thilo C. Schadeberg, and Ekkehard Wolff (eds). 1981. Die Sprachen Afrikas, 6 vols. Hamburg, Germany: Helmut Buske.
- Hombert, Jean Marie and Larry Hyman. Bantu Historical Linguistics: Theoretical and Empirical Perspectives. CSLI Publications.
- International African Institute. 1933. "Short Guide to the Recording of African Languages." Africa: Journal of the International African Institute, 6(2): 3-25.
- Johnston, Harry Hamilton. 1919-22. A Comparative Study of the Bantu and Semi-Bantu Languages. Oxford: Clarendon Press. 2 vols.
- Kandybowicz, Jason and Harold Torrence (eds). Africa's Endangered Languages: Documentary and Theoretical Approaches. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.
- Lisanza, Esther Mukewa and Leonard Muaka. 2020. African Languages and Literatures in the 21st Century. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan.
- Maho, Jouni Filip. 2009. NUGL Online: The Online Version of the New Updated Guthrie List, a Referential Classification of the Bantu Languages.
- ———. 2009. Bantu Online Bibliography (BOB).
- Mesthrie, Rajend, Ellen Hurst-Harosh, and Heater Brookes. 2021. Youth Language Practices and Urban Language Contact in Africa. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.
- Mugane, John M. 2000. Linguistic Typology and Representation of African Languages. Trenton, NJ: Africa World Press, Inc..
- ———. 2015. The Story of Swahili. Athens, OH: Ohio University Press.
- Mutaka, Ngessimo M. and Pius Ngwa Tamanji. 2000. An Introduction to African Linguistics. München, DE: Lincom Europa.
- Nurse, Derek and Thomas J. Hinnebusch. 1993. Swahili and Sabaki: A Linguistic History. Series: University of California Publications in Linguistics, v. 121.
- Nurse, Derek and G. Philippson. 2003. The Bantu Languages. London: Routledge.
- Nurse, Derek. 2007. The Linguistic Geography of Africa. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- Schroeder, Leila. 2010. Bantu Orthography Manual. SIL International.
- Simpson, Andrew (ed.). 2008. Language and National Identity in Africa. Oxford University Press.
- van Bulck, S.J. le R.P.G. 1949. Manuel de Linguistique Bantoue. Brussels: Boekhandel Falk.
- Voegelin, C.F. and F.M. Voegelin. 1964. "Languages of the World: African Fascicle One." Anthropological Linguistics, 6(5): 1-339.
- Vossen, Rainer. 2013. The Khoesan Languages. New York, NY: Routledge.
- Webb, Vic and Kembo Sure (eds). 2001. African Voices: An Introduction to the Languages and Linguistics of Africa. Oxford University Press.
- Welmers, William Everett. 1974. African Language Structures. Los Angeles, CA: University of California Press.
- Werner, Alice. 1919. Introductory Sketch of the Bantu Languages. London: K. Paul, Trench, Trubner.
- Westermann, D. and Ida C. Ward. 1933. Practical Phonetics for Students of African Languages. Oxford, UK: International Institute of African Languages and Cultures, Oxford University Press.
- Whiteley, W.H. "Suggestions for Recording a Bantu Language." Tanganyika Notes and Records, 1-19.
- Wolff, H. Ekkehard. 2016. Language and Development in Africa: Perceptions, Ideologies and Challenges. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press.
- ———. 2019. The Cambridge Handbook of African Linguistics. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.
- ———. 2019. A History of African Linguistics. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.
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