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Morphosyntactic borrowing in closely related varieties: “False cognates” in Swahili (2025)
Book Chapter
Marten, L., & Gibson, H. (2025). Morphosyntactic borrowing in closely related varieties: “False cognates” in Swahili. In H. Kennard, E. Lindsay-Smith, A. Lahiri, & M. Maiden (Eds.), Historical Linguistics 2022. Selected papers from the 25th ICHL, Oxford, 1–5 August 2022 (184-197). John Benjamins. https://doi.org/10.1075/cilt.369.12mar%3Flocatt%3Dmode%3Alegacy

The paper examines contact-induced morphosyntactic change in Swahili, where material which had historically been lost is ‘reintroduced’ through contact with closely related languages which have retained the original feature. The paper discusses three... Read More about Morphosyntactic borrowing in closely related varieties: “False cognates” in Swahili.

Fluid Texts (2025)
Book Chapter
Orsini, F. (2025). Fluid Texts. In S. Marzagora, & F. Orsini (Eds.), Oral Literary Worlds (145-168). Open Book Publishers. https://doi.org/10.11647/obp.0405.04

A “model of world literature that does not include orality is comparable to an act of self-amputation: it entails the excision of a huge field of human cultural endeavour”, argues Liz Gunner. As “verbal art, it belongs to a universal practice of maki... Read More about Fluid Texts.

The Emergence of Hindavi Literary Cultures in the Sultanate and Early Mughal Period (2024)
Book Chapter
Orsini, F. (2024). The Emergence of Hindavi Literary Cultures in the Sultanate and Early Mughal Period. In R. M. Eaton, & R. Sreenivasan (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of the Mughal World. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190222642.013.3

This chapter discusses the main vernacular genres in sultanate and early Mughal north India—romances, versions of the Sanskrit epics, and songs. It focuses on vernacular texts under the broad rubric of Hindavi, but adopts a multiscalar approach to si... Read More about The Emergence of Hindavi Literary Cultures in the Sultanate and Early Mughal Period.

Joola Kujireray (2024)
Book Chapter
Watson, R. (2024). Joola Kujireray. In F. Lüpke (Ed.), The Oxford guide to the Atlantic languages of West Africa (211-237). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198736516.003.0010

Joola Kujireray is the Joola variety assocated with the village of Brin (Jire in Kujireray), located ca. 12km to the west of Ziguinchor, the main city of the Casamance region of Senegal. This chapter constitutes a concise description of the main aspe... Read More about Joola Kujireray.

Baïnounk Gubëeher (2024)
Book Chapter
Cobbinah, A. (2024). Baïnounk Gubëeher. In F. Luepke (Ed.), The Oxford guide to the Atlantic languages of West Africa (263-290). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198736516.003.0012

This chapter, an expanded and updated version of the grammatical sketch first presented in Cobbinah (2013a), gives an overview of basic phonological, morphological, and syntactic phenomena in Baïnounk Gubëeher, a language spoken by ca. 1,000 people t... Read More about Baïnounk Gubëeher.

Noun class semantics in Atlantic (2024)
Book Chapter
Cobbinah, A. (2024). Noun class semantics in Atlantic. In F. Lüpke (Ed.), The Oxford guide to the Atlantic languages of West Africa (483-515). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198736516.003.0022

This chapter compares data from a range of Atlantic languages with respect to noun class semantics. Despite the abundance of complex and typologically interesting noun class features attested in Atlantic languages, many of these features have not rec... Read More about Noun class semantics in Atlantic.

Vowel Harmony in Yukaghir (2024)
Book Chapter
Nikolaeva, I. (2024). Vowel Harmony in Yukaghir. In H. van der Hulst, & N. A. Ritter (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Vowel Harmony (832-839). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198826804.013.66

Yukaghir is a small language family comprising two closely related languages, Kolyma Yukaghir and Tundra Yukaghir, previously analyzed as dialects of one language. Both are spoken in the northeastern part of Siberia. Mainstream linguistics maintains... Read More about Vowel Harmony in Yukaghir.

Vowel Harmony in Chadic Languages (2024)
Book Chapter
Pearce, M., & Lovestrand, J. (2024). Vowel Harmony in Chadic Languages. In H. van der Hulst, & N. Ritter (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Vowel Harmony (603-609). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198826804.013.48

This chapter focuses on Chadic languages, which typically demonstrate feature spreading within a word. The result can be partial or total agreement between the vowels of a word, as well as palatalization or labialization of consonants across the word... Read More about Vowel Harmony in Chadic Languages.

'It Can't Be All in One Language': Poetry in the diverse language (2024)
Book Chapter
Bruno, C. (2024). 'It Can't Be All in One Language': Poetry in the diverse language. In S. Gallo, & M. Codeluppi (Eds.), Mother Tongue and Other Tongues: Translation and Creation in Sinophone Poetry (50-65). Brill. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004711600_005

This chapter aims at exploring translation in relation to the concept of “one language”, reviewing theoretical and practical propositions offered by scholars, poets, and translators, who deal with heteroglossic, translingual texts. By looking at Sino... Read More about 'It Can't Be All in One Language': Poetry in the diverse language.

Global Aspirations/Local Affiliations: Exploring the Tensions of “Post-Crisis” Thai Cinema, 1997–2004 (2024)
Book Chapter
Harrison, R. (2024). Global Aspirations/Local Affiliations: Exploring the Tensions of “Post-Crisis” Thai Cinema, 1997–2004. In Z. Zhang, S. Lee, D. Mukherjee, & I. Paramaditha (Eds.), The Routledge Companion to Asian Cinemas. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003266952-38

Pen-ek Ratanaruang’s 1999 movie, Rueang talok 69, exemplifies the cultural effects of Thailand’s Tom Yam Kung economic crisis that befell the country two years earlier. Its plot suggests a necessary retreat from the globalized, materialistic, and hen... Read More about Global Aspirations/Local Affiliations: Exploring the Tensions of “Post-Crisis” Thai Cinema, 1997–2004.

Constant fear of ostracism (2024)
Book Chapter
Zlazli, M. (2024). Constant fear of ostracism. In T. Tsuchimoto, & V. Jaan (Eds.), The semiotic field of the garden: Personal culture and collective culture. Information Age Publishing, Inc

This chapter consists of my autoethnographic narrative, including diary entries, which delineates what it feels like to live as an Indigenous person whose community is under ongoing cultural assimilation, followed by its analysis. The main issues ide... Read More about Constant fear of ostracism.

Religion, Authority, and Morality Codes in Arab Cinema (2024)
Book Chapter
Hammond, M. (2024). Religion, Authority, and Morality Codes in Arab Cinema. In N. Mellor (Ed.), Routledge Handbook on Arab Cinema (227-241). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003302025-22

This chapter will provide an analytical survey of the ways in which religion and its theological, legal, and symbolic codes inform cinematic content and aesthetics in the Arab world. It will begin with an account of the skepticism with which cinemati... Read More about Religion, Authority, and Morality Codes in Arab Cinema.

Morphosyntactic variation in Old Swahili (2024)
Book Chapter
Marten, L., Gibson, H., Guérois, R., & Jerro, K. (2024). Morphosyntactic variation in Old Swahili. In H. Gibson, R. Guérois, G. Mapunda, & L. Marten (Eds.), Morphosyntactic variation in East African Bantu languages: Descriptive and comparative approaches (383-420). Language Science Press. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10663785

The comparative and historical study of Bantu and other African languages is often based on contemporary, synchronic data since many African languages do not have a long-written record. In contrast, for Swahili such a record exists in the form of an... Read More about Morphosyntactic variation in Old Swahili.

Introduction (2024)
Book Chapter
Marten, L., Gibson, H., Guérois, R., & Mapunda, G. (2024). Introduction. In H. Gibson, R. Guérois, G. Mapunda, & L. Marten (Eds.), Morphosyntactic variation in East African Bantu languages: Descriptive and comparative approaches (1-13). Language Science Press. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10663761

Osiris Reborn: The Arabic Epic of Sirat Sayf Ibn Dhi Yazan and the Prophetic Königsnovelle (2024)
Book Chapter
Blatherwick, H. (2024). Osiris Reborn: The Arabic Epic of Sirat Sayf Ibn Dhi Yazan and the Prophetic Königsnovelle. In P. Lothspeich (Ed.), The Epic World (189-200). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429286698-17

This chapter explores the intertextual relationship between Sīrat al-Malik Sayf ibn Dhī Yazan (The Adventures of King Sayf ibn Dhi Yazan), a medieval Egyptian popular epic, and the “Prophetic Königsnovelle” (Prophetic “Kings novel”), an Egyptian “dis... Read More about Osiris Reborn: The Arabic Epic of Sirat Sayf Ibn Dhi Yazan and the Prophetic Königsnovelle.

Invisible Cities in Japan: Fluid Resonances in Architecture and Literature (2024)
Book Chapter
Cervelli, F., & Dellacasa, C. (2024). Invisible Cities in Japan: Fluid Resonances in Architecture and Literature. In E. Baldi, & C. Schwartz (Eds.), Circulation, Translation and Reception across Borders: Italo Calvino's Invisible Cities around the World (211-227). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003293996-14

Filippo Cervelli and Claudia Dellacasa begin their chapter “Invisible Cities in Japan – fluid resonances in architecture and literature” with the evocative and meaningful cover image of avant-garde artist Ikeda Tatsuo of the first Japanese edition of... Read More about Invisible Cities in Japan: Fluid Resonances in Architecture and Literature.