- Göteborgs universitet
- Humanistiska fakulteten
- Institutionen för språk och litteraturer
- Ämnen
- Afrikanska språk
- Forskning
Forskning / Research
Våra forskningsaktiviteter är i huvudsak inriktade på sociolingvistiska och språktypologiska studier av subsaharanska språk, speciellt bantuspråk. En del projekt är samarbetsprojekt med universitet i Afrika och/eller övriga Norden.
Our research is primarily focused on sociolinguistic and typological studies of sub-Saharan languages, especially Bantu languages. Several of our projects are co-operative efforts with universities in Africa as well as other Nordic countries.
Forskningsprojekt / Research Projects
Pågående / Ongoing
- The languages of Tanzania
- African Languages Research Institute (ALRI) (formerly ALLEX)
- Plant taxonomies in Eastern Africa
- A description of the Mpiemo language
- Nghwele wordlist & database
- The Linguistics Association of SADC Universities (LASU)
Avslutade / Completed
- Verbal categories in sub-Saharan Africa (2005)
- Small and endangered languages in Africa (a bibliographical survey) (2005)
- A referential classification of the Bantu languages (2005)
- Electronic Bibliography for African Languages and Linguistics (EBALL) (2005)
- Language policies in Africa (2003)
- Swedish-Kinyarwanda dictionary (2003)
- Languages and language use in Mozambique (2000)
- A description of the Iká language (2000)
- African Languages Lexicon Project (ALLEX) (continued by ALRI)
- Languages in Namibia (1998)
- Languages in Botswana (1997)
- Languages and cultures in southern Africa (1996)
- Setswana: language change in a changing society (1991)
Doktorsavhandlingar / Doctoral Dissertations
- A linguistic description of Ndegereko (Tanzania), Eva-Marie Ström
Avslutade / Completed
- Linguistic Landshapes. A comparison of official and non-official language management in Rwanda and Uganda, focusing on the position of African languages , Tove Rosendal (2010)
- The status and use of African languages in Sudan, Helene Fatima Idris (2007)
- A linguistic description of Kagulu (Tanzania), Malin Petzell (2007)
- Literacy practices in an educational setting (N.W. Tanzania), Åsa Wedin (2004)
- Changes in Ika, Joseph Onyeche (October 2002)
- Oriental influences in Kiswahili, Abdulaziz Y. Lodhi (May 2000)
- A comparative study of Bantu noun classes, Jouni F. Maho (November 1999)
Konferenser / Conferences
- First Nordic Meeting on African Languages, Göteborg, 8-10 december 2000
- Year of African Languages, Gothenburg, Sweden April 27-28, 2007
- International conference Bantu Languages: Analysis, Description and Theory. Gothenburg, Sweden October 4-6, 2007
Forskningssammanfattningar / Research summaries
- Pågående forskning 2002 / Survey of ongoing research 2002 (PDF)
- Pågående forskning 2001 / Survey of ongoing research 2001
- Pågående forskning 2000 / Survey of ongoing research 2000
- Pågående forskning 1999 / Survey of ongoing research 1999
- Pågående forskning 1998 / Survey of ongoing research 1998
- Pågående forskning 1997 / Survey of ongoing research 1997