• ILCAA Joint Research Project
• General

Diachronic Perspectives on Language Description and Typology in Bantu

ID: jrp000292

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There is a long tradition of describing Bantu languages and a more recent trend towards the elaboration of a family-internal typology within Bantu, which is typically believed to be fairly homogeneous. Against this background, this project aims to provide new diachronic perspectives for organising descriptive and cross-linguistic observations of Bantu languages. By refining theoretical considerations of language change, we will provide unified explanations for the descriptive findings from the languages that the project members have worked on so far, as well as for variation between Bantu languages. The project also has the potential to contribute to the study of historical linguistics by presenting new insights into language change that Bantu languages have undergone.

Date

2024.04.01～2027.03.31

Member

Coordinator : FURUMOTO Makoto

Co-Coordinator : SHINAGAWA Daisuke

Joint Researchers : GIBSON Hannah, MIYAZAKI Kumiko, YONEDA Nobuko, KOMORI Junko, TAKEMURA Keiko, ABE Maya, KAJI Shigeki, ABE Yuko, GUNNINK Hilde, BOSTOEN Koen, MARTEN Lutz, POTZELL Malin, DEVOS Maud, BERNANDER Rasmus, LEE Seunghun