Frontmatter -- Preface -- List of contributors -- Table of contents -- 1. A survey of African languages -- 2. Historical linguistics and genealogical language classification in Africa -- 3. Language contact and areal linguistics in Africa -- 4. Phonetics and African languages -- 5. Current issues in African phonology -- 6. Current issues in African morphosyntax -- 7. Anthropological and cognitive linguistics in Africa -- 8. African socio- and applied linguistics -- Index 1: Subjects -- Index 2: Languages, language groups, and areas