Foreword and acknowledgments

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents vii
3. Foreword and acknowledgments ix
4. Abbreviations xi
5. ‘Khoisan’ linguistic classification today 1
6. PART I. Cross-areal perspectives
7. Molecular anthropological perspectives on the Kalahari Basin area 45
8. ‘Khoisan’ sibling terminologies in historical perspective 69
9. Clicks, prosodies and Khoisan 103
10. PART II. The Khoe-Kwadi family
11. Verb serialisation in northern dialects of Khoekhoegowab 125
12. Areal and inherited aspects of compound verbs in Khoekhoe 153
13. PART III. The Kx’a family
14. Demonstrative and relative constructions in Ju 181
15. N!aqriaxe (ǂ’Amkoe) spatial terms from a genealogical and areal perspective 209
16. ǂ’Amkoe body part terminology in comparative perspective 233
17. PART IV. The Tuu family
18. The Lower Nossob varieties of Tuu 257
19. Towards a genealogical classification of Taa dialects 283
20. Master list of references 303
21. Language (group) index 325
22. Subject index 329