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Bloom Ström, Eva-Marie, Gibson, Hannah, Guérois, Rozenn and Marten, Lutz, eds. (2024) Morphosyntactic variation in Bantu. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Gibson, Hannah, Guérois, Rozenn, Mapunda, Gastor and Marten, Lutz, eds. (2024) Morphosyntactic variation in East African Bantu languages: Descriptive and comparative approaches. Berlin: Language Science Press. (Contemporary African Linguistics, vol.8)

Ugwuanyi, Kingsley and Nwoda, Chinazor, eds. (2024) SOAS Working Papers in Linguistics (Volume 22). London: SOAS University of London.

Book Chapters

Cobbinah, Alexander (2024) 'Baïnounk Gubëeher.' In: Luepke, Friederike, (ed.), The Oxford guide to the Atlantic languages of West Africa. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Lucas, Christopher, Spagnol, Michael and Brown, Niamh (2024) 'Vowel sequences in Maltese sound Form I verbs.' In: Bezzina, Rafaello, Vella, Michela and Vorholt, Maike, (eds.), The next century of Maltese linguistics. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton. (Studia Typologica) (Forthcoming)

Marten, Lutz (2024) 'Historical Linguistics and Ubuntu Translanguaging: Towards a model of multilingualism, language change and linguistic convergence in the Bantu Linguistic Area.' In: Gvozdanović, Jadranka, (ed.), Historical Linguistics 2023. Selected papers from the 26th ICHL, Heidelberg, 4–8 September 2023. Amsterdam: John Benjamins. (Forthcoming)

Marten, Lutz, Gibson, Hannah, Guérois, Rozenn and Jerro, Kyle (2024) 'Morphosyntactic variation in Old Swahili.' In: Gibson, Hannah, Guérois, Rozenn, Mapunda, Gastor and Marten, Lutz, (eds.), Morphosyntactic variation in East African Bantu languages: Descriptive and comparative approaches. Berlin: Language Science Press, pp. 383-420. (Contemporary African Linguistics, vol.8)

Marten, Lutz, Gibson, Hannah, Guérois, Rozenn and Mapunda, Gastor (2024) 'Introduction.' In: Gibson, Hannah, Guérois, Rozenn, Mapunda, Gastor and Marten, Lutz, (eds.), Morphosyntactic variation in East African Bantu languages: Descriptive and comparative approaches. Berlin: Language Science Press, pp. 1-13. (Contemporary African Linguistics, vol.8)

Nikolaeva, Irina (2024) 'Vowel Harmony in Yukaghir.' In: van der Hulst, Harry and Ritter, Nancy A., (eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Vowel Harmony. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 832-839.

Pearce, Mary and Lovestrand, Joseph (2024) 'Vowel Harmony in Chadic Languages.' In: van der Hulst, Harry and Ritter, Nancy, (eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Vowel Harmony. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 603-609.

Zlazli, Miho (2024) 'Constant fear of ostracism.' In: Tsuchimoto, Teppei and Jaan, Valsine, (eds.), The semiotic field of the garden: Personal culture and collective culture. Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing, Inc.. (Advances in Cultural Psychology: Constructing Human Development)

Journal Article

Akinlotan, Mayowa (2024) 'Premodifiers and a scarcity-productivity hypothesis in Yorùbá: Does the scarcity of adjectives influence productivity of the premodification slot?' Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies, 42 (2). pp. 186-202.

Amir, Alia and Huq, Rizwan-ul (2024) 'The Dialectic of Academic Practices: A Reflection by Self to Bridge the Praxes.' Culture Unbound: Journal of Current Cultural Research, 15 (3). pp. 11-14.

Bentley, Delia and Marten, Lutz (2024) 'Editorial.' Transactions of the Philological Society, 122 (3). p. 355.

Gibson, Hannah, Githiora, Chege, Kanana Erastus, Fridah and Marten, Lutz (2024) 'Morphosyntactic retention and innovation in Sheng, a youth language or stylect of Kenya.' Studies in Language, 48 (4). pp. 909-950.

Gibson, Hannah, Marten, Lutz and Ndlovu, Sambulo (2024) 'Encoding politeness in African urban youth languages: Evidence from Southern Africa.' Linguistics Vanguard, 10 (S4). pp. 331-341.

Jawhar, Sabria Salama, Amir, Alia, Huq, Rizwan-ul and Stewart, Simon (2024) 'Collaborative Problem Solving and Literacy Practices: A Conversation-Analytic Case Study of Children's Online Pre-gaming Interaction.' Social Interaction: Video-Based Studies of Human Sociality, 7 (1). p. 137312.

Jelpke, Tom (2024) 'Distal demonstratives in Nairobi Swahili: An emerging relative particle?' SOAS Working Papers in Linguistics, 22. pp. 1-15.

Kariuki, Annah, Gibson, Hannah, Jelpke, Tom, Ochieng, Merceline and Poeta, Teresa (2024) 'Verbal extensions in Sheng: an examination of variation in form and function.' Linguistics Vanguard, 10 (S4). pp. 365-377.

Liao, Pei-Yu (2024) 'Examining the power dynamics in the Sunflower Movement discourse using the lexicogrammar “被” (bei).' SOAS Working Papers in Linguistics, 22. pp. 67-84.

Marten, Lutz and Gibson, Hannah (2024) 'On some structural similarities and differences between Herero and Swahili.' スワヒリ&アフリカ研究 = Journal of Swahili and African Studies, 35. pp. 32-50.

Matić, Dejan and Nikolaeva, Irina (2024) 'Recent Contact-Induced Morphosyntactic Changes in the Lower Kolyma Region.' Journal of Language Contact, 17 (1). pp. 11-69.

Mudenda, Talent and Ugwuanyi, Kingsley (2024) 'Evaluating the status of the Ndau language in education ten years after its official recognition.' SOAS Working Papers in Linguistics, 22. pp. 30-43.

Ng, Bee Chin, Tan, Mei Jing Jo, Pauwels, Anne and Cavallaro, Francesco (2024) 'Language practices in Malay-Chinese families in Singapore.' Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 45 (8). pp. 2940-2960.

Sallabank, Julia (2024) 'Linguistic Diversity.' Global Perspectives, 5 (1). p. 117328.

Tahmasebian, Kayvan (2024) 'From Explication to Order: The Persian Vernacularization of Arabic Rhetoric.' Philological Encounters, 9 (3/4). pp. 346-374.

Tahmasebian, Kayvan (2024) 'Translation as Metonymy: Bijan Elahi’s Persian Variation on Cyrano de Bergerac.' Comparative Critical Studies, 21 (1). pp. 51-75.

Tahmasebian, Kayvan and Gould, Rebecca Ruth (2024) 'Hyper-exegesis in Persian Translations of the Qur’an: On the Disjointed Letters as Translational Challenges.' International Journal of Middle East Studies, 56 (1). pp. 38-54.

Ugwuanyi, Kingsley and Nwoda, Chinazor (2024) 'Editorial note for SOAS Working Papers in Linguistics (Vol. 22).' SOAS Working Papers in Linguistics, 22. i-vi.

Vita, Vasiliki (2024) 'Grassroots language action and legislature for Sonsorolese.' SOAS Working Papers in Linguistics, 22. pp. 44-66.

Williams, Scott (2024) 'Variety and heritage: An investigation into the relationship between perceptions of Basingstoke English and the London heritage narrative.' SOAS Working Papers in Linguistics, 22. pp. 16-29.

Book Reviews

Amir, Alia (2024) 'Book review: Language rights and the law in Scandinavia: Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Iceland, the Faroe Islands, and Greenland by Eduardo D. Faingold (Palgrave Macmillan, 2023).' SOAS Working Papers in Linguistics, 22 . pp. 85-88.

Amir, Alia (2024) 'Review of: The anti-racism linguist: A book of readings.' Language, 100 (4). pp. 825-829.

Sallabank, Julia (2024) 'Review of: Rethinking language policy, by Bernard Spolsky. Edinburgh University Press, 2021.' Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 45 (9). pp. 4028-4030.

Sato-Rossberg, Nana (2024) 'Review of: 'Ecologies of Translation in East and South East Asia, 1600–1900.' Edited by Li Guo, Patricia Sieber & Peter Kornicki. Amsterdam University Press, 2022. 326 pages. Hardback, €117.00, ISBN: 9789463729550. Ebook, €116.99, ISBN: 9789048554119.' International Journal of Asian Studies, 21 (2). pp. 431-432.

Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs

Amir, Alia (2024) What if I lose my language? What if I have lost my language? Language On The Move [Opinion Pieces / Media / Blogs]

Theses

Hamad, Yussuf Shoka (2024) Linguistic Variation in Kipemba. PhD thesis. SOAS University of London. DOI: https://doi.org/10.25501/SOAS.00042758

Li, Lin (2024) Flexibility and Constraints in Lexical Meaning Construction in Mandarin Chinese: with Special Reference to Chinese Four-character Idioms and Their Parodic Constructions. PhD thesis. SOAS University of London. DOI: https://doi.org/10.25501/SOAS.00042197