Kiswahili And Comparative Bantu Linguistics

The course is mainly an examination of the processes of language description, classification, and comparison/contrast. Attempts by various linguists to describe, classify, compare/contrast Bantu languages at different levels will be examined. Emphasis will be placed on internal and comparative methods and their application, and also on related issues as they relate to Kiswahili and other African languages, especially the Bantu languages.