The present compiler would nonetheless greatly appreciate suggestions and corrections regarding the contents of BOB. It is hoped, however, that any such nuisances are few and far between.
Still, omissions and errors (such as, for instance, miscategorised references) are unavoidable in a work of this scope and size. BOB aims to be as comprehensive and reliable as possible. Many are also supplemented with brief references to what are here termed peripherals (short for: peripheral literature), such as book reviews, commentaries, and various rejoinders and follow-ups. Many of the entries include annotations and cross-references. Such editorial maladies will be cleaned up at a later stage. Hence some entries may look oddly spliced. A FEW PRELIMINARY REMARKS In this particular version, faulty page or column breaks have not yet been corrected. The space can instead be used for annotations and cross-references where needed. It thereby reduces the size and bulkiness of the finished product. The major benefit, however, is that an alphabetical listing avoids excessive repetition of entries under several separate headings. Working with an alphabetical listing is considerably more simple and time-saving. Even though a thematically organised bibliography is probably more useful, there are certain advantages with a simple alphabetical listing, such as not requiring detailed knowledge of the contents of each individual bibliographical item. A bibliography with a more refinely organised thematic structure is being prepared for “proper” publication. The references have been grouped in three large alphabetically organised sections, namely, a) grammars & dictionaries, b) other linguistic references, and c) miscellaneous and unsorted references, or “the rest”.
(Note though that there may be some mis-categorised items there.) Most entries refer to published works, but there is also a number of entries referring to unpublished studies, especially theses and dissertations, but also a small number of manuscript works, widely distributed conference handouts, and so on. The remaining 7 466 titles comprise mainly antropological and/or historical studies, most of which lack an explicit linguistic association. Roughly two thirds (or 13 111) refer to linguistic works such as grammars, dictionaries, sociolinguistic surveys, technical papers on various specialised subjects, contributions to language policy debates, proverb studies, and so on. ON THE CONTENTS OF BOB There is a total of 20 577 entries in this particular version of BOB. Note that BOB is a bibliographical survey of research, not an inventory of any existing library or collection. It aims to be exhaustive with regard to linguistic works, as well as reliable and accurate with regard to bibliographical details. īRIEF INTRODUCTION The Bantu Online Bibliography, or BOB for short, is a bibliography with the sole aim of listing any and all works dealing with the sub-Saharan Bantu languages. Electronic Bibliography for African Languages and Linguistics Compiled by Jouni Filip MahoĬompiled by Jouni Filip Maho Comments, suggestions and corrections can be mailed to ‹ ›
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