Projets
Word and Plants
Des mots et des plantes. Etude comparée du vocabulaire des plantes vivrières en Afrique centrale et méridionale
Research on the names of the main food plants in bantu languages. A distinction is made between plants of long standing cultivation and plants that have been introduced more or less recently. Through its pluridisciplinary aspect (collaboration with Ethnography and Agriculture Services), this work is a contribution of linguistic studies (antiquity, shifts in meaning, paths of spreading of names…) to researches into history of food plants in Central, Eastern and Southern Africa.
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Dates:
2003 2006Collaborateurs:
- Koen Bostoen
- Jacky Maniacky