The Routledge Handbook of African Linguistics

History, method, and typology -- A short history of African language studies in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, with an emphasis on German contributions / Sara Pugach -- Historical linguistics in an African context: a brief state of the art / Gerrit J. Dimmendaal -- Linguistic research in African field / Bruce Connell -- Tone and tonology in African languages / Constance Kutsch Lojenga -- A system-based typology of mood in Niger-Congo languages / Isaac N. Mwinlaaru, Christian M.I.M. Matthiessen, & Ernest S. Akerejola -- Sound and syllable system -- Coarticulation: segmental and suprasegmental interaction in Yoruba / Augustine Agwuele -- Labial-velars of Africa: phonetics, phonology, and historical development / Michael Cahill -- Syllable structure and vowel/zero alternations in Moroccan Arabic and Berber / Mohamed Lahrouchi -- Vowel harmony (beyond ATR) and its impact on morphological parsing / John Rennison -- Phrase and sentence system -- West African serial verb construction / Dorothee Beerman & Lars Hellan -- Long distance anaphors in Yoruba and the binding theory / Nike Lawal -- The encoding of information structure in African languages / Nana Aba Appiah Amfo -- Bantu applicatives and Chimiini instrumentals / Brent Henderson -- The form and function of Dagbani demonstratives / Isaah Alhassan Samuel -- The syntax and its implications of experiencer predications in Africa / Zygmunt Frajzyngier -- Language and society: theory and practice -- Who are you translating for? Translation theory and some West African languages / Keir Hansford -- The representative of African languages and cultures on social media: a case of Ewe in Ghana / Elvis Yevudey -- Sustainable language technology of African languages / Arvi Hurskainen -- Language planning for development in Ghana: problems and prospects / Paul Agbedor -- Creative expressions and cultural life -- The language of youth in Africa: a sociocultural linguistic analysis / Heather Brooks & Roland Kouassi -- Clash or click? An analysis of theoretical assumptions and their application to youth languages in Africa / Sandra Barasa -- Gestures and gesturing on the African continent / Heather Brookes -- Tense and time-depth in the Mabia languages of West Africa: testing the philosophy of linguistic relativity / Adams Bodomo