Introduction to Linguistics and African Languages

Obligatory reading / Obligatorisk kurslitteratur:

Nilsson, Morgan. In prep. Introduction to linguistics and African languages: key concepts and assignments. University of Gothenburg.

Videos, lesson slides, summaries, exercises, and other short texts are distributed via the university learning platform during the course.

Appr. 300 pages in total.

Useful for reference / Användbar referenslitteratur:

Dryer, Matthew S. & Haspelmath, Martin (eds.). 2013. The World Atlas of Language Structures Online. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
http://wals.info

Eberhard, David M. & Simons, Gary F. & Fennig, Charles D. (eds.). 2022. Ethnologue: Languages of the World. 25th edn. Dallas, Texas: SIL International.
http://www.ethnologue.com

Eifring, Halvor & Theil, Rolf. 2005. Linguistics for Students of Asian and African Languages. Manuscript. University of Oslo.
https://www.uio.no/studier/emner/hf/ikos/EXFAC03-AAS/h05/larestoff/linguistics/

Güldemann, Tom (ed.). 2018. The languages and linguistics of Africa, The World of Linguistics 11. Berlin & Boston: de Gruyter.
https://gu-se-primo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/f/15agpbr/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_2190968464

Liddicoat, Anthony J. & Timothy J. Curnow. 2004. Language descriptions. In Davies, Alan & Elder, Catherine, The handbook of applied linguistics, 25–53. Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishing.

Vossen, Rainer & Gerrit J. Dimmendaal (eds.). 2020. The Oxford handbook of African languages. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
https://gu-se-primo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/f/15agpbr/TN_cdi_crossref_primary_10_4000_lla_740