Comparative Bantu: An Introduction to the Comparative Linguistics and Prehistory of the Bantu Languages, vol. 1-4 [1-4]

Table of contents :
PART I

VOLUME 1
The Comparative Linguistics of the Bantu Languages (1967)

Cover ... 1 (page 1 in the PDF file)
Contents ... 3 (3)
Preface ... 9 (4)
Introduction ... 11 (5)
Comparative Bantu Methodology ... 15 (9)
The Compilation of Common Bantu ... 25 (19)
The Construction of Starred Forms ... 43 (37)
Sound-shifts and Source-patterns ... 55 (49)
The Codification and Analysis of Common Bantu ... 81 (75)
The Osculant Comparative Series ... 111 (105)

VOLUME 2
An Outline of Bantu Prehistory (1971)

Cover ... 1 (page 137 of the PDF file)
Contents ... 3 (139)
Outline of Bantu Prehistory ... 7 (140)
An Inventory of the Bantu Languages ... 28 (161)
Excursus 1: Extraneous Sounds and Features ... 105 (235)
Excursus 2: Bantuisms in Non-Bantu Languages ... 107 (237)
Excursus 3: Earlier Comparative Bantu Studies ... 112 (241)
Index A: The Starred Forms of Common Bantu ... 116 (245)
Index B: Connecting Meanings of Common Bantu ... 146 (275)
Index C: Classified Indexes to the Starred Forms ... 157 (286)
Index D: Divergent Meanings and Associated Radical C.S. ... 162 (291)
An Index of languages ... 168 (297)
General Index to Parts 1 & 2 ... 170 (299)

PART II

VOLUME 3
A Catalogue of Common Bantu with Commentary (1970, B-K)

Cover ... 1 (page 310 of the PDF file)
Contents ... 3 (312)
Introduction to Part 2 ... 9 (313)
Key List of Bantu Languages ... 11 (315)
Transcription of Data ... 16 (320)
List of Abbreviations and Symbols ... 16 (320)
A Catalogue of Common Bantu with Commentary ... 17 (321)
B ... 17 (321)
C ... 73 (377)
D ... 127 (428)
G ... 201 (500)
J ... 242 (539)
K ... 257 (554)

VOLUME 4
A Catalogue of Common Bantu with Commentary (continued) (1970, M-Y)

Cover ... 1 (page 624 of the PDF file)
Contents ... 3 (626)
1 A Comparative Series of Stems and Radicals (continued) ... 7 (627)
M ... 7 (627)
N ... 18 (638)
P ... 33 (653)
T ... 83 (703)
Y ... 139 (759)
2-5 Comparative Series of Elements 212 (832)
2 Comparative Series of Radical Extensions ... 213 (832)
3 Comparative Series of Concord Prefixes ... 220 (missing from PDF!)
4 Comparative Series of Verbal Elements ... 232 (missing from PDF!)
5 Comparative Series of Miscellaneous Elements ... 243 (missing from PDF!)
6 Comparative Series of Contoured Items ... 247 (missing from PDF!)

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