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benjamins.com>Title: The Making of a Mixed Language Subtitle: The case of Ma'a/Mbugu Series Title: Creole Language Library 26 Publication Year: 2004 Publisher: John Benjamins http://www.benjamins.com/ http://www.benjamins.nl Book URL: http://www.benjamins.nl/cgi-bin/t_bookview.cgi?bookid=CLL_26 Author: Maarten Mous, Leiden University Hardback: ISBN: 1588114899, Pages: xx, 322 pp., Price: USD 156.00 Hardback: ISBN: 9027252483, Pages: xx, 322 pp., Price: EUR 130.00 Abstract: The Mbugu (or Ma'�) language (Tanzania) is one of the few genuine mixed languages, reputedly combining Bantu grammar with Cushitic vocabulary. In fact the people speak two languages: one mixed and one closely related to the Bantu language Pare. This book is the first comprehensive description of these languages. It shows that these two languages share one grammar while their lexicon is parallel. In the distant past the people shifted from a Cushitic to a Bantu language and in the process rebuilt a language of their own that expresses their separate ethnic identity in a Bantu environment. This linguistic history is explained in the context of the intricate history of the people. The discussion of the processes that were involved in the formation of Ma'a/Mbugu is extremely relevant for both creole studies and for contact linguistics in general. Table of contents List of Tables xi List of Figures xiii Acknowledgements xv List of Abbreviations xvi Map 1 of the relevant area of East Africa xviii Map 2 of the Usambara area xix 1. Introduction 1-15 2. Historical and geographical background 17-50 3. Linguistic history 51-93 4. Phonology 95-110 5. The verb 111-162 6. The noun 163-174 7. Adjectives and other nominal modifiers 175-182 8. Invariables or other words 183-196 9. Notes on syntax, code-switching and texts 197-213 Notes 215-220 References 221-229 Appendix: Mbugu - English etymological lexicon 231-298 English index to the lexicon 299-318 Index 319-322 Lingfield(s): Language Contact (Sociolinguistics) Sociolinguistics Written In: English (Language Code: ENG) See this book announcement on our website: http://linguistlist.org/get-book.html?BookID=8755.Mail to author|Respond to list|Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue