Dr. Klaudia Dombrowsky-Hahn
African Linguistics, Language Centre
Academic Degrees
| 1997 | Doctorate in African Studies, University of Bayreuth |
| 1991 | Magister degree in in African Studies, University of Cologne |
Professional Background
| Since 2008 | Lecturer in Bambara, the University of Bayreuth's Language Centre (part-time) |
| 2006 – 2012 | Research associate, DFG-funded project “The Language of the Karaboro”, University of Bayreuth |
| 2001 – 2006 | Research associate (part-time) in Project A1 "Effects of globalization processes on the vitality of languages in West African cities“, SFB/FK 560, “Local Action in Africa in the Context of Global Developments”, University of Bayreuth |
| 2000 – 2001 | Assistant to the management, International Youth Festspieltreffen Bayreuth |
| 10/2000 – 2/2001 | Parental leave |
| 1996 – 1999 | Research associate, Bambara lecturer, Language Centre, University of Bayreuth |
| 1991 – 1993 | Employee in the documentation centre and library of the German UNESCO-Commission, Bonn |
Other
Co-editor of the journal Mandenkan (Révue d’ètudes linguistiques des langues mandé) | |
| 7/2006 | Postdoc scholarship at the Max Planck Institute Leipzig, Prof. B. Comrie's research group |
| 1997 | University prize awarded by the Town of Bayreuth |
| 1993 – 1996 | DFG doctoral scholarship in the research training group "Intercultural Relations in Africa" at the University of Bayreuth |
| 1987 – 1989 | DAAD scholarship to study at INALCO Paris |
African Linguistics, Language Centre
Regional Focus:
- Burkina Faso
- Mali
Research Topics:
- language contact
- urban language research
- language description
- Seufo (Gur) and Mande languages
- oral literature
- alphabetization
African Linguistics, Language Centre
Selected publications
2024
Dombrowsky-Hahn, Klaudia; Fanego Palat, Axel
Mobile and complex: a West African linguistic repertoire
Global and local perspectives on language contact
Berlin : Language Science Press, 2024. - page 183-214 . - (Contact and Multilingualism; 7)
doi:10.5281/zenodo.10497381 ...
2021
Dombrowsky-Hahn, Klaudia; Fanego Palat, Axel; Littig, Sabine; Nassenstein, Nico
Jenseits des Referenzrahmens : Erfahrungen afrikanischer Migrant*innen mit sprachlicher Integra ...
Afrikanische Sprachen in Europa
Duisburg : Universitätsverlag Rhein-Ruhr, 2021. - page 157-187 . - (Osnabrücker Beiträge zur Sprachtheorie; 98)
Dombrowsky-Hahn, Klaudia; Littig, Sabine
Migration – Language – Integration : Introduction
in The Mouth : Critical Studies on Language, Culture and Society volume 8 (2021) . - page 9-28
https://themouthjournal.com/migration-language-int ...
Dombrowsky-Hahn, Klaudia
Phasal polarity expressions in Bambara (Mande) : pragmatic distinctions and semantics
The expression of phasal polarity in African languages
Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter Mouton, 2021. - page 267-295 . - (Empirical Approaches to Language and Typology; 63)
doi:10.1515/9783110646290 ...
2020
Dombrowsky-Hahn, Klaudia
Categorization of phasal polarity items in Bambara (Mande)
West African languages : Linguistic theory and communication
Warszawa : Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego, 2020. - page 99-126
doi:10.31338/uw.9788323546313 ...
Dombrowsky-Hahn, Klaudia
A Grammar of Kusaal : A Mabia (Gur) Language of Northern Ghana
in Linguistic Typology volume 24 (2020) issue 1. - page 187-199
doi:10.1515/lingty-2020-2037 ...
2019
Dombrowsky-Hahn, Klaudia
Conditional-relatives in Senufo (Gur) and Manding (Mande) : The encoding of generalizing relati ...
in Afrikanistik - Aegyptologie - Online (2019)
https://www.afrikanistik-aegyptologie-online.de/ar ...
2018
Dombrowsky-Hahn, Klaudia
Relative clauses in Syer (Western Karaboro, Senufo, Gur)
Current approaches to Adamawa and Gur languages
Köln : Köppe, 2018. - page 127-170 . - (Afrika und Übersee : Beiheft; 34)
2015
Dombrowsky-Hahn, Klaudia
A grammar of Syer (Western Karaboro, Senufo) : phonology, morphology, argument realization
Köln : Köppe, 2015. - XX, 582 page . - (Gur Monographs; 12)
2012
Dombrowsky-Hahn, Klaudia
Grammaticalization of the deictic verbs 'come' and 'go' in Syer (Senufo, Gur)
Directionality in grammar and discourse : case studies from Africa
Köln : Köppe, 2012. - page 89-114 . - (Topics in Interdisciplinary African Studies; 29)
Dombrowsky-Hahn, Klaudia
Motion events in Bambara (Mande)
in Journal of African Languages and Linguistics volume 33 (2012) issue 1. - page 37-66
doi:10.1515/jall-2012-0002 ...
Dombrowsky-Hahn, Klaudia
Syer (Tenyer)
Noun class systems in Gur languages. Volume 2. North Central Gur languages
Köln : Köppe, 2012. - page 669-709 . - (Gur Monographs; 11)
2010
Dombrowsky-Hahn, Klaudia
Some methodological problems in the study of language contact : the case of Senufo and Manding ...
in Journal of Language Contact volume 3 (2010) issue 1. - page 107-130
doi:10.1163/19552629-90000007 ...
2008
Dombrowsky-Hahn, Klaudia
Motion events in Kar
Encoding Motion : case studies from Africa ; in memory of Ursula Drolc
Köln : Köppe, 2008. - page 31-48
2007
Dombrowsky-Hahn, Klaudia
Kar
Noun class systems in Gur languages. Volume 1. : Southwestern Gur languages (without Gurunsi)
Köln : Köppe, 2007. - page 389-409 . - (Gur Monographs; 9)
Dombrowsky-Hahn, Klaudia
Le kar à Banfora
Language in African urban contexts : contribution to the study of indirect globalisation
Berlin : Lit, 2007. - page 189-271 . - (Beiträge zur Afrikaforschung; 31)
Dombrowsky-Hahn, Klaudia
Minyanka
Noun class systems in Gur languages. Volume 1. Southwestern Gur languages (without Gurunsi)
Köln : Köppe, 2007. - page 331-354 . - (Gur Monographs; 9)
Dombrowsky-Hahn, Klaudia
Supyire
Noun class systems in Gur languages. Volume 1. Southwestern Gur Languages (without Gurunsi)
Köln : Köppe, 2007. - page 355-371 . - (Gur Monographs; 9)
Dombrowsky-Hahn, Klaudia
Sə̀cə̀té (Tagba)
Noun class systems in Gur languages. Volume 1. Southwestern Gur languages (without Gurunsi)
Köln : Köppe, 2007. - page 372-388 . - (Gur Monographs; 9)
Dombrowsky-Hahn, Klaudia
Tenyer
Noun class systems in Gur languages. Volume 1. Southwestern Gur Languages (without Gurunsi)
Köln : Köppe, 2007 (Gur Monographs; 9)
Dombrowsky-Hahn, Klaudia
La ville de Banfora et la région
Language in African urban contexts : contribution to the study of indirect globalisation
Berlin : Lit, 2007. - page 139-158 . - (Beiträge zur Afrikaforschung; 31)
2006
Dombrowsky-Hahn, Klaudia
Argument focus in Kar (Senufo)
in ZAS Papers in Linguistics volume 46 (2006) . - page 83-103
Dombrowsky-Hahn, Klaudia
Le nom verbal en kar (Senufo) du Burkina Faso
Zwischen Bantu und Burkina : Festschrift für Gudrun Miehe zum 65. Geburtstag
Köln : Köppe, 2006. - page 45-58
Dombrowsky-Hahn, Klaudia
La négation dans les énoncés simples et complexes en kar (Senufo)
in Journal of African Languages and Linguistics volume 27 (2006) issue 2. - page 127-153
doi:10.1515/JALL.2006.008 ...
2004
Dombrowsky-Hahn, Klaudia
Koinéisierung oder Sprachwechsel? Das Kar in Banfora (Burkina Faso)
in Afrika und Übersee volume 87 (2004) . - page 155-192
Dombrowsky-Hahn, Klaudia; Slezak, Gabriele
Local vitality : on a complex linguistic situation in the West African town of Banfora (Burkina ...
Between resistance and expansion : explorations of local vitality in Africa
Münster : Lit, 2004. - page 49-68 . - (Beiträge zur Afrikaforschung; 18)
2001
Dombrowsky-Hahn, Klaudia
Einige Typen von Entlehnung : das Beispiel des Minyanka in Süd-Mali
Afrika im Wandel : Tagungsband des DFG-Graduiertenkollegs "Interkulturelle Beziehungen in Afrika"
Berlin : Verl. für Wiss. und Forschung, 2001. - page 37-46
Dombrowsky-Hahn, Klaudia
Nyagalen Mugan Tarawele : une épopée bambara racontée par Bakoroba Konè
Köln : Köppe, 2001. - 224 page . - (Wortkunst und Dokumentartexte in afrikanischen Sprachen; 8)
1999
Dombrowsky-Hahn, Klaudia
Phénomènes de contact entre les langues minyanka et bambara (sud du Mali)
Köln : Köppe, 1999 . - (Gur Monographs; 3)
rev.: Annette R. Harrison, In Language, 79/4, 2003, S. 837-838
1998
Dombrowsky-Hahn, Klaudia
Contact minyanka-bambara : l'exemple de la relativisation
in Gur Papers = Cahiers Voltaïques volume 3 (1998) . - page 27-34
Dombrowsky-Hahn, Klaudia
Kontakt zwischen Minyanka und Bambara
Afrikanische Sprachen im Brennpunkt der Forschung : linguistische Beiträge zum 12. Afrikanistentag
Köln : Köppe, 1998. - page 327-334
1994
Dombrowsky-Hahn, Klaudia
La situation socio-linguistique du sud du Mali (pays minyanka)
Stratégies communicatives au Mali : langues régionales, bambara, français
Paris : Didier, 1994. - page 13-88 . - (Langues et Développement)
1993
Dombrowsky-Hahn, Klaudia
Théorie et réalité de l'alphabétisation dans la zone Mali-Sud
L'alphabétisation fonctionnelle en Bambara dans une dynamique de développement : le cas de la zone cotonnière (Mali-Sud)
Paris : Didier Érudition, 1993. - page 5-142 . - (Langues et Développement)
African Linguistics, Language Centre
Dr. Klaudia Dombrowsky-Hahn
African Studies I, Language Centre
University of Bayreuth
95440 Bayreuth
Phone: 0921 / 55-2215
E-mail: klaudia.hahn@uni-bayreuth.de
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