The complete linguist

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This collection features a range of scholarly contributions exploring various aspects of linguistics, particularly within African languages. It begins with a tribute to Patrick John Dickens, highlighting his impact on Ju/'hoan linguistics and its educational and political implications. The anthology includes analyses of narrative structures in Bantu languages and the representation of evil in Khoisan folktales. Several authors address phonological and orthographic issues in Chopi, while others delve into Hausa plurals and the dynamics of tone and accent in Atlantic languages. The complexities of prenasalized consonants and their representation are examined, alongside studies of tone in Xhosa and morphological case-marking in Zulu. The discourse origins of agreement in Zulu are also discussed, as well as instances of incorporation and compounding in Khoekhoegowab. Additional contributions explore serial verbs in Ju/'hoan, the concept of "irrealis" in Hai//om, and spatial relations in SheNgologa. The status and future of Sekgalagadi are considered, alongside linguistic variation in Siyeyi. The collection concludes with a historical perspective on Tsonga grammar and a call for typological cleansing in interpreting |Xam phonology.