Morphosyntactic Variation in Bantu

Morphosyntactic Variation in Bantu
Author: Eva-Marie Bloom Ström
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 465
Release: 2024-11-05
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 019255445X

This volume explores the rich and complex pattern of morphosyntactic variation in the Bantu languages, providing a comprehensive overview of the wealth of empirical and conceptual work in the field. The chapters discuss data from some 80 Bantu languages as well as drawing on a wider comparative set of more than 200 languages from across Central, Eastern and Southern Africa: some studies focus on one specific language in a comparative context; some investigate fine-grained variation among a close-knit group of languages; and others present large-scale comparative studies spanning the whole of the Bantu-speaking area. The contributors address a range of topics from a micro-variation perspective, primarily in the areas of nominal and verbal morphology and syntax and information structure. The volume highlights key aspects of contemporary research in Bantu morphosyntax and outlines distinct and novel approaches to prominent questions; it combines the most recent thinking on morphosyntactic variation in Bantu with different theoretical and methodological approaches and novel empirical data from a wide range of languages.

Ecological Bulletins, Targets and Tools for the Maintenance of Forest Biodiversity

Ecological Bulletins, Targets and Tools for the Maintenance of Forest Biodiversity
Author: Per Angelstam
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 512
Release: 2009-05-06
Genre: Science
ISBN: 144431307X

Maintaining forest biodiversity by combining protection, management and restoration of forest and woodland landscapes is a central component of sustainable development. Evidence that there are threshold levels for how much habitat loss may be tolerated for viable populations of specialised species to be maintained. Policy-makers, businesses and managers pose questions about how to balance use of renewable forest resources and conserve biodiversity. Examples are presented on how biodiversity assessments can be made. Proposes how the critical gaps in our knowledge identified throughout the book could be filled through macroecological research and international co-operation.

Dynamics of Forest Ecosystems in Central Africa During the Holocene: Past – Present – Future

Dynamics of Forest Ecosystems in Central Africa During the Holocene: Past – Present – Future
Author: J. Runge
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 325
Release: 2008-02-19
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0203930428

This book consists of scientific papers resulting from an international workshop: ‘Environmental and Cultural Change in West- and Central Africa’ organized by the German Research Foundation (DFG) in Yaoundé, Cameroon, March 2006. Problems of Holocene and Late Pleistocene modifications of the rain forest savanna fringe and their possible influence on cultural innovations are discussed. The book will be of interest to all concerned with tropical forests and related development problems of third world countries, especially ecologists, botanists and earth scientists. It will be valuable for advanced undergraduates and postgraduates as a reference for review and overview articles as well as a source of information for new original manuscripts on the topic of Late Pleistocene and Holocene landscape evolution in the lower latitudes of Africa. Palaeobotanists, Palynologists and Quaternarists equally will find this edition useful for their work.