Linguistics in Sub-Saharan Africa () von Jack Berry

Frontmatter -- EDITORS INTRODUCTION -- CONTENTS -- MASTER LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS -- THE HISTORY OF AFRICAN LINGUISTICS TO 1945 -- THE PRESENT STATE OF AFRICAN LINGUISTICS -- WEST ATLANTIC: AN INVENTORY OF THE LANGUAGES, THEIR NOUN CLASS SYSTEMS AND CONSONANT ALTERNATION -- NIGER-CONGO, MANDE -- NIGER-CONGO, GUR -- NIGER-CONGO, KWA -- ADAMAWA-EASTERN -- THE BENUE-CONGO LANGUAGES AND IJO -- NIGER-CONGO, EASTERN BANTU -- THE WESTERN BANTU LANGUAGES -- THE CLICK LANGUAGES OF SOUTHERN AND EASTERN AFRICA -- NILO-SAHARAN AND MEROITIC -- CHADIC -- DESCRIPTIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE LINGUISTICS OF AFRIKAANS: A SURVEY OF MAJOR WORKS AND AUTHORS -- ARABIC -- PIDGINS AND CREOLES IN AFRICA -- COLONIAL LANGUAGE POLICIES AND THEIR LEGACIES -- LANGUAGE POLICIES OF INDEPENDENT AFRICAN STATES -- CHRISTIAN MISSIONS AND LANGUAGE POLICIES -- LANGUAGE TEACHING -- PROBLEMS OF LITERACY IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA -- ORTHOGRAPHIC SYSTEMS AND CONVENTIONS IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA -- MULTILINGUALISM -- LANGUAGES IN CONTACT -- LANGUAGE STANDARDISATION IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA -- SURROGATE LANGUAGES OF AFRICA -- THE LINGUISTIC ASPECT OF STYLE IN AFRICAN LANGUAGES -- Appendix: CHECKLIST OF AFRICAN LANGUAGE AND DIALECT NAMES -- BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES -- INDEX OF NAMES