Beschreibung
This study is an investigation into the comparative phonology and lexicon of six barely-known Bantu varieties spoken in Kenya. In a dialectological approach a new classification of Imenti, Igoji, Tharaka, Mwimbi, Muthambi and Chuka is developed. From the data, isoglosses and similarities concerning morpho-phonological processes are drawn.
Autorenportrait
Kanana Fridah Erastus is a lecturer in the Department of English and Linguistics at Kenyatta University (Kenya). She holds degrees in Arts and General Linguistics from Kenyatta University and did linguistic research at the University of Frankfurt am Main (Germany).
Inhalt
Contents: Dialectology – Phonological Description of the Dialects – Morpho-phonological Comparison – Lexicon – Typology of Dialect Transitions.
