%0 Book
%A Fridah Kanana Erastus
%D 2015
%C Berlin, Germany
%I Peter Lang Verlag
%@ 9783653051612
%T Lexico-Phonological Comparative Analysis of Selected Dialects of the Meru-Tharaka Group
%R 10.3726/978-3-653-05161-2
%U https://www.peterlang.com/document/1044341
%X This study is an investigation into the comparative phonology and lexicon of six barely-known Bantu varieties spoken in Kenya. These varieties (Imenti, Igoji, Tharaka, Mwimbi, Muthambi and Chuka) belong to the so-called Meru group. The study develops a new classification of these six dialects. Therefore, a dialectological approach is used, which includes the analysis of wordlists and lists of short phrases elicited in the field. From the data, isoglosses and similarities concerning morpho-phonological processes are drawn. The results show in which respects the dialects differ from each other. Thus, the present work contributes to comparative Bantu linguistics.
%K Dialektologie, Phonetik, Phonologie, Tonologie, Morphologie, Lexik
%G English