Africana Linguistica

Scope & Guideline

Charting New Territories in African Linguistics

Introduction

Delve into the academic richness of Africana Linguistica with our guidelines, detailing its aims and scope. Our resource identifies emerging and trending topics paving the way for new academic progress. We also provide insights into declining or waning topics, helping you stay informed about changing research landscapes. Evaluate highly cited topics and recent publications within these guidelines to align your work with influential scholarly trends.
LanguageEnglish
ISSN2033-8732
PublisherPEETERS
Support Open AccessNo
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AbbreviationAFR LINGUIST / Afr. Linguist.
Frequency1 issue/year
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AddressBONDGENOTENLAAN 153, B-3000 LEUVEN, BELGIUM

Aims and Scopes

Africana Linguistica focuses on the linguistic diversity and complexity of African languages, offering insights into their structure, evolution, and sociolinguistic contexts.
  1. Morphological Studies:
    The journal emphasizes research on morphological aspects of African languages, including phenomena such as borrowing, reduplication, and gender systems.
  2. Typological Analysis:
    It provides a platform for typological studies that compare and contrast grammatical features across different African languages, highlighting their unique characteristics and similarities.
  3. Syntactic Structures:
    Research addressing the syntactic structures, including verb marking, subject inversion, and negation, is a core area of focus, contributing to a deeper understanding of language mechanics.
  4. Historical Linguistics:
    The journal also includes studies on the historical evolution of languages, examining changes over time in tense systems and other grammatical features.
  5. Pragmatics and Semantics:
    Exploration of semantic-pragmatic aspects in African languages, such as reflexive constructions and their contextual usage, is a key aspect of its scope.
Recent publications in Africana Linguistica highlight several emerging themes that reflect the evolving research landscape in African linguistics.
  1. Generational Language Change:
    Studies on generational tone change, particularly within specific language communities, indicate a growing interest in how languages evolve over time in response to social dynamics.
  2. Morphological Borrowing:
    The investigation of morphological borrowing between language families, such as Central Gur into Songhay, suggests an increasing focus on language interaction and contact phenomena.
  3. Animacy and Gender Systems:
    Research on animacy-based gender systems demonstrates an emerging interest in how these systems operate within the context of African languages, potentially influencing broader linguistic theories.
  4. Constructions and Syntax:
    An uptick in studies focusing on specific syntactic constructions, like reflexive constructions and tense systems, points to a renewed interest in understanding the intricacies of syntax in African languages.
  5. Typological Evolution:
    The exploration of typological characteristics and the evolution of language features, such as diminutives and transitivity, indicates a trend toward comprehensive typological frameworks in African linguistics.

Declining or Waning

While Africana Linguistica continues to thrive in many areas, certain themes have shown signs of declining prominence in recent publications.
  1. Fieldwork and Documentation:
    There appears to be a reduction in papers focused on fieldwork and documentation of lesser-studied languages, which may reflect a shift towards more theoretical or comparative studies.
  2. Sociolinguistic Variation:
    Themes related to sociolinguistic variation and language contact have become less frequent, indicating a waning interest in the sociocultural aspects of language use.
  3. Phonetic Studies:
    Although phonetics is an important aspect of linguistics, there has been a noticeable decrease in papers specifically addressing phonetic features and their implications in African languages.

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