Lexico-Phonological Comparative Analysis of Selected Dialects of the Meru-Tharaka Group

by Kanana Fridah Erastus and Fridah Kanana Erastus

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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3631603762
• ISBN13: 9783631603765
• Release Date: December 2014
• Publisher: Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der W
• Length: 350 Pages
• Weight: 1.26 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.8" x 8.3"