Gule (Routledge World Languages) - Hardcover

Zamponi, Raoul

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1041032293 ISBN 13: 9781041032298

Verlag: Routledge, 2026

Inhaltsangabe

This book presents the first systematic study of Gule, an East African language isolate, offering a tentative grammatical sketch based on historical documentation collected by Brenda Z. Seligman. Readers will gain valuable insights into a previously unstudied language through systematic grammatical analysis and comparative linguistic examination of the available materials, including a previously unknown audio recording made in 1966 by Wendy R. James. The book delivers this through detailed documentation analysis, identification of areal linguistic phenomena shared with neighbouring East African languages, and thorough vocabulary assessment that establishes Gule's unique status among world languages.

This book is essential for linguists specializing in African languages, comparative linguistics researchers, language isolate specialists, and graduate students in historical linguistics. It will also appeal to anthropologists studying East African cultures and anyone interested in linguistic diversity and language documentation in the Sahel region.

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Raoul Zamponi works primarily on little-known, extinct languages and is currently a research associate at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History in Jena, as well as a member of the Ad-Hoc Expert Committee of the UNESCO World Atlas of Languages. He has previously held positions at the University of Siena and as principal investigator on a range of linguistic projects in Italy, Germany, and the USA.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Routledge
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2026
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1041032293
• ISBN 13: 9781041032298
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Anzahl der Seiten: 162
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Routledge; https://www.routledge-ny.com/; ; Stockst?dter Str. 20; Gro?ostheim; Bayern; Deutschland