The Bantu languages

Includes bibliographical references and indexes Introduction / Derek Nurse and Gérard Philippson -- Pt. 1. The sounds of the Bantu languages / Ian Maddieson -- Segmental phonology / Larry M. Hyman -- Tone / Charles Kisseberth and David Odden -- Derivation / Thilo C. Schadeberg -- Aspect and tense in Bantu languages / Derek Nurse -- Bantu nominal morphology / Francis Katamba -- Syntax / Thomas Bearth -- Historical linguistics / Thilo C. Schadeberg -- Towards a historical classification of the Bantu languages / Derek Nurse and Gérard Philippson -- Grammaticalization / Tom Güldemann -- Contact languages in the Bantu area / Salikoko S. Mufwene -- The acquisition of Bantu languages / Katherine Demuth -- Pt. 2. Grassfields Bantu / John R. Watters -- Basaá (A43) / Larry M. Hyman -- Nen (A44) / Maarten Mous -- Kpā? (A53) / Gladys Guarisma -- Makaa (A83) / Teresa Heath -- The Bantu languages of the forest / Claire Grégoire -- The B30 language group / Lolke J. van der Veen -- Babole (C101) / Myles Leitch -- Lega (Beya dialect) (D25) / Robert Botne -- Bila (D32) / Constance Kutsch Lojenga -- Kilimanjaro Bantu (E60 and E74) / Gérard Philippson and Marie-Laure Montlahuc -- The Interlacustrine zone (Zone J) / Yvonne Bastin -- Rufiji-Ruvuma (N10, P10-20) / David Odden -- Makhuwa (P30) / Charles Kisseberth -- Western Savanna (K, R) / Gabriele Sommer -- Herero (R31) / Edward D. Elderkin -- Zone S / Derek Gowlett -- A classification of the Bantu languages: an update of Guthrie's referential system / Jouni Maho