Outputs (44)

Valency and saliency in Bantu applicatives: A diachronic reanalysis (2022)
Book Chapter
Gibson, H., Marten, L., Mous, M., & Riedel, K. (2022). Valency and saliency in Bantu applicatives: A diachronic reanalysis. In S. Pacchiarotti, & F. Zúñiga (Eds.), Applicative Morphology: Neglected syntactic and non-syntactic functions. (pp. 163-188). De Gruyter. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110777949-007

This chapter examines apparent competing functions of applicatives, prepositions and locative-marked phrases in a number of Bantu languages, focussing on the interaction of these types of categories in various applicative constructions. We show that... Read More about Valency and saliency in Bantu applicatives: A diachronic reanalysis.

Translanguaging spaces and multilingual public writing in Zambia: tracing change in the linguistic landscape of Ndola on the Copperbelt (2022)
Journal Article
Costley, T., Kula, N. C., & Marten, L. (2022). Translanguaging spaces and multilingual public writing in Zambia: tracing change in the linguistic landscape of Ndola on the Copperbelt. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 44(9), 773-793. https://doi.org/10.1080/01434632.2022.2086985

Zambia is home to a complex set of language practices, which involve languages being used in different ways across social contexts. Historically written communication has typically been associated with English with African languages mainly associated... Read More about Translanguaging spaces and multilingual public writing in Zambia: tracing change in the linguistic landscape of Ndola on the Copperbelt.

From the Margins: Appreciating the African language renaissance as learners of African languages (2021)
Journal Article
Marten, L. (2021). From the Margins: Appreciating the African language renaissance as learners of African languages. 非洲语言文化研究 = Feizhou yuyan wenhua yanjiu = African language and culture studies, 1, 41-62.

In the 21st century, several positive trends have led to higher representation of African languages in public discourse, to an increase in positive attitudes and to more wide-spread awareness of the importance of African languages. Against the backgr... Read More about From the Margins: Appreciating the African language renaissance as learners of African languages.

Expressing politeness and respect in Bantu languages: A short comparative survey (2021)
Book Chapter
Marten, L., & Kula, N. C. (2021). Expressing politeness and respect in Bantu languages: A short comparative survey. In A. Chebanne, & A. Lusekelo (Eds.), African Languages: Linguistic, Literary and Social Issues. A festschrift in honour of Prof. Herman Batibo. (pp. 67-84). CASAS/UWC.

Micro-typological Covariation of Negation and Focus Marking Morphology in Bantu Languages (2021)
Journal Article
Shinagawa, D., & Marten, L. (2021). Micro-typological Covariation of Negation and Focus Marking Morphology in Bantu Languages. Gengo kenkyu, 160, 215-248. https://doi.org/10.11435/gengo.160.0_215

This paper investigates the typological correlation between negation marking and focus marking based on the ‘Bantu Morphosyntactic Variation Database’ (Marten et al. 2018) compiling linguistic data obtained through 142 parameters to capture morphosyn... Read More about Micro-typological Covariation of Negation and Focus Marking Morphology in Bantu Languages.

Public access to research data in language documentation: Challenges and possible strategies (2019)
Journal Article
Seyfeddinipur, M., Ameka, F. K., Bolton, L., Blumtritt, J., Carpenter, B., Cruz, H., Drude, S., Epps, P. L., Ferreira, V., Galucio, A. V., Hellwig, B., Hinte, O., Jung, D., Holton, G., Kasinskaite Buddeberg, I., Krifka, M., Kung, S., Monroig, M., Neba, A. N., …Woodbury, T. (2019). Public access to research data in language documentation: Challenges and possible strategies. Language Documentation and Conservation, 13, 545-563.

The Open Access Movement promotes free and unfettered access to research publications and, increasingly, to the primary data which underly those publications. As the field of documentary linguistics seeks to record and preserve culturally and linguis... Read More about Public access to research data in language documentation: Challenges and possible strategies.

Language documentation in Africa: Turning the tables (2016)
Book Chapter
Seyfeddinipur, M., & Chambers, M. (2016). Language documentation in Africa: Turning the tables. In M. Seyfeddinipur (Ed.), African language documentation: new data, methods and approaches (pp. 1-7). University of Hawaiʻi Press. https://nflrc.hawaii.edu/ldc/sp10-african-language-documentation-new-data-methods-approaches/

Introduction to visible action as utterance (2014)
Book Chapter
Seyfeddinipur, M., & Gullberg, M. (2014). Introduction to visible action as utterance. In M. Seyfeddinipur (Ed.), From gesture in conversation to visible action as utterance (pp. 1-12). John Benjamins. https://doi.org/10.1075/z.188

Reasons for Documenting Gestures and Suggestions for How to Go About It (2011)
Book Chapter
Seyfeddinipur, M. (2011). Reasons for Documenting Gestures and Suggestions for How to Go About It. In N. Thieberger (Ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Linguistic Fieldwork. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199571888.013.0007

The role of fillers in listener attributions for speaker disfluency (2010)
Journal Article
Barr, D., & Seyfeddinipur, M. (2010). The role of fillers in listener attributions for speaker disfluency. Language and Cognitive Processes, 25(4), 441-455. https://doi.org/10.1080/01690960903047122

The locative-applicative in Eleme (2009)
Journal Article
Bond, O. (2009). The locative-applicative in Eleme. Transactions of the Philological Society, 107(1), 1-30. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-968X.2009.01213.x

Multiple analytical perspectives of the Eleme Anterior-Perfective (2008)
Book Chapter
Bond, O. (2008). Multiple analytical perspectives of the Eleme Anterior-Perfective. Current Issues in Unity and Diversity of Languages: Collection of Papers Selected from the CIL 18 [CD-ROM] (pp. 1480-1496). Linguistic Society of Korea. http://www.cil18.org/new_html/10_publications/publications_01.php

Digital archives: essential elements in the workflow for endangered languages documentation (2008)
Journal Article
Nathan, D. (2008). Digital archives: essential elements in the workflow for endangered languages documentation. Language Documentation and Description, 5. https://doi.org/10.25894/ldd254

Survival of Language (2008)
Book Chapter
Austin, P. (2008). Survival of Language. In E. Shuckburgh (Ed.), Survival (pp. 80-98). Cambridge University Press.

North and West African languages (2008)
Book Chapter
Jaggar, P. J., & Lüpke, F. (2008). North and West African languages. In P. Austin (Ed.), 1000 languages. The worldwide history of living and lost tongues (pp. 60-85). Thames and Hudson.

How speakers interrupt themselves in managing problems in speaking: Evidence from self-repairs (2008)
Journal Article
Seyfeddinipur, M., Kita, S., & Indefrey, P. (2008). How speakers interrupt themselves in managing problems in speaking: Evidence from self-repairs. Cognition, 108(3), 837-842. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.2008.05.004

When speakers detect a problem in what they are saying, they must decide whether or not to interrupt themselves and repair the problem, and if so, when. Speakers will maximize accuracy if they interrupt themselves as soon as they detect a problem, bu... Read More about How speakers interrupt themselves in managing problems in speaking: Evidence from self-repairs.

Proceedings of Conference on Language Documentation & Linguistic Theory : 75 years of linguistics at SOAS, 5 years of the Endangered Languages Project : 7-8 December 2007, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London (2007)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Austin, P., Bond, O., & Nathan, D. (Ed.). (2007). Proceedings of Conference on Language Documentation & Linguistic Theory : 75 years of linguistics at SOAS, 5 years of the Endangered Languages Project : 7-8 December 2007, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London [Edited Proceedings]. Conference on Language Documentation and Linguistic Theory, SOAS University of London.

Introduction to Proceedings of Conference on Language Documentation and Linguistic Theory (2007)
Book Chapter
Austin, P., Bond, O., & Nathan, D. (2007). Introduction to Proceedings of Conference on Language Documentation and Linguistic Theory. In P. Austin, O. Bond, & D. Nathan (Eds.), Proceedings of Conference on Language Documentation and Linguistic Theory (pp. 1-2). Department of Linguistics, SOAS.

Towards a canon for negation (2007)
Book Chapter
Bond, O. (2007). Towards a canon for negation. In P. Austin, O. Bond, & D. Nathan (Eds.), Proceedings of Conference on Language Documentation and Linguistic Theory (pp. 39-49). Department of Linguistics, SOAS.

Smash it again, Sam! Verbs of Cutting and Breaking in Jalonke (2007)
Journal Article
Lüpke, F. (2007). Smash it again, Sam! Verbs of Cutting and Breaking in Jalonke. Cognitive Linguistics, 18(2), 251-61. https://doi.org/10.1515/COG.2007.013

This paper investigates the semantic and syntactic properties of cutting and breaking verbs in Jalonke. Semantic features relevant for these Jalonke verbs are control of the effector over the locus of impact, subcategorization for specific manners/in... Read More about Smash it again, Sam! Verbs of Cutting and Breaking in Jalonke.