Dr. M.G. (Maarten) Kossmann
Position:
- Lecturer
- Berber languages
| Telephone number: | +31 (0)71 527 2649 |
|---|---|
| E-Mail: | m.g.kossmann@hum.leidenuniv.nl |
| Faculty / Department: | Faculteit der Geesteswetenschappen, Leiden Univ Centre for Linguistics, LUCL T&C van Afrika |
| Office Address: |
Witte Singel-complex van Wijkplaats 4 2311 BX Leiden Room number 102B |
| Telephone number: | +31 (0)71 527 2649 |
| E-Mail: | m.g.kossmann@hum.leidenuniv.nl |
| Faculty / Department: | Faculteit der Geesteswetenschappen, Leiden Univ Centre for Linguistics, LUCL postdoc |
| Office Address: |
Witte Singel-complex van Wijkplaats 4 2311 BX Leiden Room number 102B |
Research
Current research interests:
- The analysis of language contact in the Sahel zone, esp. of Northern Songhay in contact with Tuareg.
- Language contact between Arabic dialects and Berber languages in the Maghrib.
- The analysis of Heiban Kordofanian (together with Prof. dr. Th. C. Schadeberg)
- The Historical Morphology of Berber
Current teaching interests:
- Contact linguistics
- Historical linguistics
- Berber linguistics
- Hausa linguistics
- Oral literature
Publications
- Het stadsdialekt van Tilburg (with Dirk Boutkan). Amsterdam: P.J. Meerstens-Instituut. 1996. 102 p.
- Grammaire du parler berbère de Figuig (Maroc oriental). Louvain-Paris : Peeters. 1997. 554 p. (= PhD Leiden 1994).
- Berber Sprookjes uit Noord-Marokko (with Abdelkader Bezzazi). Amsterdam: Bulaaq. 1997. 163 p.
- Essai sur la phonologie du proto-berbère. Köln : Rüdiger Köppe. 1999. 316 p.
- Esquisse grammaticale du rifain oriental. Louvain-Paris : Peeters. 2000. 215 p.
- A Study of Eastern Moroccan Fairy Tales. FF Communications 274. Helsinki: Academia Scientiarum Fennica. 2000. 156 p.
- De Menseneetster. Berbersprookjes uit Noord-Marokko. Amsterdam: Bulaaq. 2003. 287 p.
- Berber Loanwords in Hausa. Köln: Rüdiger Köppe. 2005. 228 p.
Curriculum Vitae
| 5-2-1966 | Born in Zuidlaren (Dr) |
| 1972-1984 | Schooling in Groningen. |
| 1984-1989 | Study of Semitic and Comparative Linguistics in Leiden |
| 1990-2006 | Several research positions. Fieldwork in Morocco and Niger |
| 1990-1994 | PhD position at Leiden University. Research on the Berber language of Figuig (Morocco) |
| 1994 |
PhD defense (supervisor: F.H.H. Kortlandt, co-supervisor:
H.J. Stroomer) |
| 1994-1998 | NWO PostDoc position on Berber oral literature in Northern Morocco |
| 1998-2001 | KNAW Fellowship on Berber comparative linguistics |
| 2001-2006 | NWO PostDoc on language contact in the Sahel |
| since 2003 | Half-time position as University Teacher at the department Languages and Cultures of Africa |
| since 2005 | Half-time position as studies’ coordinator at the F.B.J. Kuijper Instituut |
2011
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Kossmann, M.G. (2011)
A Grammar of Ayer Tuareg (Niger). (Berber Studies, 30). Köln: Rüdiger Köppe.
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Kossmann, M.G. (2011)
Adjectives in Northern Songhay. Afrika und Uebersee, 90, pp. 109-132.
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Kossmann, M.G. (2011)
Review of Reem Bassiouney: Arabic Sociolinguistics. [Bespreking van: Arabic Sociolingustics]. In: Zeitschrift für Arabische Linguistik, 53, pp. 80-85.
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Kossmann, M.G. (2011)
Review of Romanisierung in Afrika, ed. by Thomas Stolz, Dik Bakker and Rosa Salas Paloma. [Bespreking van: Romanisierung in Afrika. Der Einfluss des Französischen, Portugiesischen und Spanischen auf die indigenen Sprachen Afrikas]. In: Journal of African Languages and Linguistics, 31/2, pp. 297-299.
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Kossmann, M.G. (2011)
Review of Wörterbuch zur Sprache und Kultur der Twareg by Hans Ritter. [Bespreking van: Wörterbuch zur Sprache und Kultur der Twareg]. In: Journal of African Languages and Linguistics, 31/2, pp. 294-297.
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Kossmann, M.G. (2011)
The names of King Antef’s dogs. In Mettouchi, A (Ed.) « Parcours berbères ». Mélanges offerts à Paulette Galand-Pernet et Lionel Galand pour leur 90e anniversaire. (pp. 79-84). Köln: Rüdiger Köppe.
(Article in monograph or in proceedings)
2010
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Kossmann, M.G. (2010)
Grammatical notes on the Berber dialect of Igli (Sud oranais, Algeria). In Stroomer, Harry, Kossmann, M.G., Ibriszimow, Dymitr, Vossen, R (Eds.) Études berbères V. Essais sur des variations dialectales et autres articles (pp. 69-120). Köln: Rüdiger Köppe Verlag.
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Kossmann, M.G. (2010)
On relative clauses in Northern Songhay: Tuareg and Songhay components. In Ziegelmeyer, G & Cyffer, N (Eds.) Aspects of Co- and Subordination. Case Studies from African, Slavonic, and Turkic Languages (pp. 251-267). Cologne: Rüdiger Köppe.
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Kossmann, M.G. (2010)
Parallel System Borrowing: Parallel morphological systems due to the borrowing of paradigms. Diachronica, 27 (3), pp. 459-487.
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Schadeberg, T.C. & Kossmann, M.G. (2010)
Participant reference in the Ebang verbal complex. Journal of African Languages and Linguistics, 31 (1), pp. 79-100.
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Kossmann, M.G. (2010)
Review of Georgine Ayoub and Jérôme Lentin (eds): Linguistique arabe. [Bespreking van: Linguistique arabe (Cahiers de linguistique de l'INALCO, No 5)]. In: Bibliotheca Orientalis, lxvii/1-2, pp. 211-213.
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Kossmann, M.G. (2010)
Review of J. Chetrit: Diglossie, hybridisation et diversité intra-linguistique. Études socio-pragmatiques sur les langues juives, le judéo-arabe et le judéo-berbère. [Bespreking van: Diglossie, hybridisation et diversité intra-linguistique. Études socio-pragmatiques sur les langues juives, le judéo-arabe et le judéo-berbère.]. In: Zeitschrift für Arabische Linguistik, 52, pp. 94-96.
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Kossmann, M.G. (2010)
Review of Wilhelm Möhlig (ed.): Cultural change in the prehistory of arid Africa. [Bespreking van: Cultural Change in the Prehistory of Arid Africa.]. In: Journal of African Languages and Linguistics, 31, pp. 109-114.
(Book review) -
Ameka, F.K. & Amha, A. & Kossmann, M.G. (2010)
T.R. – Journal of African Languages and Linguistics. Journal of African Languages and Linguistics, 31
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Stroomer, Harry & Kossmann, M.G. & Ibriszimow, Dymitr & Vossen, R (Eds.) (2010)
Études berbères V. Essais sur des variations dialectales et autres articles. Köln: Rüdiger Köppe Verlag.
(Book editorial)
2009
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Kossmann, M.G. (2009)
La flexion du prétérit d'état en berbère : questions de morphologie comparée. In: Chaker, S, Mettouchi, A, Philippson, G (Eds.), Etudes de phonétique et linguistiques berbères. Hommage à Naïma Louali (1961-2005) (SELAF), 452. , pp. 155-176. Paris, Louvain & Walpole MA: Peeters.
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Kossmann, M.G. & Lafkioui, M. (2009)
Les inaccomplis du tarifit. In Bouhjar, A & Souifi, H (Eds.) L'amazighe dans l'Oriental et le Nord du Maroc: variation et convergence (pp. 101-108). Rabat: Institut Royal de la Culture Amazighe.
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Kossmann, M.G. (2009)
Loanwords in Tarifiyt, a Berber language of Morocco. In: Haspelmath, M & Tadmor, U (Eds.), Loanwords in the World's Languages. A Comparative Handbook, pp. 191-214. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton.
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Kossmann, M.G. (2009)
On genitive linking in Songhay. Afrikanistik Online
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Kossmann, M.G. (2009)
Review of Doris Payne & Mechthild Reh (eds): Advances in Nilo-Saharan Linguistics. [Bespreking van: Advances in Nilo-Saharan Linguistics]. In: Journal of African Languages and Linguistics, 30, pp. 105-108.
(Book review) -
Kossmann, M.G. (2009)
Review of: Le zarma parlé by Leo Sibomana. [Bespreking van: Le zarma parlé. Esquisse grammaticale. Lexique. Textes]. In: Journal of African Languages and Linguistics, 30/2, pp. 266-268.
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Ameka, F.K. & Amha, A. & Kossmann, M.G. (2009)
T.R. – Journal of African Languages and Linguistics. Journal of African Languages and Linguistics, 30
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Kossmann, M.G. (2009)
Tarifiyt Berber Vocabulary. In: Haspelmath, M & Tadmor, U (Eds.), World Loanword Database (WOLD), pp. 1533 entries. München: Max Planck Digital Library.
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Dugoujon, J.M. & Coudray, C. & Torroni, A & Cruciani, F & Scozzari, R & Moral, P. & Louali, N. & Kossmann, M.G. (2009)
The Berber and the Berbers: Genetic and linguistic diversities. In: d'Errico, F. & Hombert, J-M. (Eds.), Becoming Eloquent. Advances in the emergence of languages, human cognition, and modern cultures, pp. 123-146. Amsterdam and Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company.
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Coudray, C. & Olivieri, A. & Pala, M. & Melhaoui, M. & Cherkaoui, M. & Kossmann, M.G. & Chennaoui, F. & Torroni, A & Dugoujon, J.M. (2009)
The Complex and Diversified Mitochondrial Gene Pool of Berber Populations. Annals of Human Genetics, 73 (2), pp. 196-214.
(Article)
2008
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Kossmann, M.G. (2008)
On the Nature of Borrowing in Cypriot Arabic. Zeitschrift für Arabische Linguistik, 49, pp. 5-24.
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Kossmann, M.G. (2008)
Stefan Leonard Elders (1965-2007). Journal of African Languages and Linguistics, 29 (1), pp. 93-95.
(Article) -
Ameka, F.K. & Amha, A. & Kossmann, M.G. (2008)
T.R. - Journal of African Languages and Linguistics. Journal of African Languages and Linguistics, 29
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Kossmann, M.G. (2008)
The collective in Berber and language contact. In Lafkioui, M. & Brugnatelli, V. (Eds.) Berber in Contact. Linguistic and Sociolinguistic Perspectives (pp. 53-62). Köln: Rüdiger Köppe Verlag.
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Kossmann, M.G. (2008)
Three irregular Berber verbs: 'eat', 'drink', 'be cooked, ripen'. In Lubotsky, A., Schaeken, J., Wiedenhof, J. (Eds.) Evidence and Counter-Evidence. Essays in Honour of Frederik Kortlandt. Volume 2: General Linguistics (pp. 225-236). Amsterdam/New York: Rodopi.
(Article in monograph or in proceedings)
2007
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Kossmann, M.G. (2007)
Berber Morphology. In: Kaye, A.S. (Ed.), Morphologies of Asia and Africa, pp. 135-147. Winona Lake IN: Eisenbrauns.
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Kossmann, M.G. (2007)
Boekbespreking. [Bespreking van: La langue ouldémé]. In: Journal of African Languages and Linguistics, 28, pp. 227-229.
(Book review) -
Kossmann, M.G. (2007)
Boekbespreking. [Bespreking van: Le figuier magique et autres contes algériens dits par Aouda]. In: Bibliotheca Orientalis, 64, pp. 475-477.
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Kossmann, M.G. (2007)
Grammatical borrowing in Tasawaq. In: Matras, Y. & Sakel, J. (Eds.), Grammatical Borrowing in Cross-Linguistic Perspective (Empirical Approaches to Language Typology), 38. , pp. 75-90. Berlin/New York: Moutin de Gruyter.
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Ameka, F.K. & Amha, A. & Kossmann, M.G. (2007)
T.R. - Journal of African Languages and Linguistics. Journal of African Languages and Linguistics, 28
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Kossmann, M.G. (2007)
The borrowing of aspects as lexical tone: y-initial Tuareg verbs in Tasawaq (Northern Songhay). Studies in African Linguistics, 36 (2), pp. 151-166.
(Article)
2006
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Kossmann, M.G. (2006)
La reconstitution des pronoms satellites de la deuxième personne du pluriel en berbère. In Allati, A. (Ed.) Linguistique amazighe : les nouveaux horizons (pp. 28-47). Tétouan: Faculté des Lettres et des Sciences Humaines de Tétouan.
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Kossmann, M.G. (2006)
Mood/Aspect/Negation Morphemes in Tabelbala Songhay (Algeria). Afrika und Uebersee, 87, pp. 131-154.
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Kossmann, M.G. (2006)
Remarks on the History of some Zenaga Pronouns. In Ibriszimow, D., Vossen, R., Stroomer, H.J. (Eds.) Etudes berbères III. Le nom, le pornom et autres articles (pp. 167-174). Köln: Rüdiger Köppe Verlag.
(Article in monograph or in proceedings)
2005
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Kossmann, M.G. (2005)
Berber Loanwords in Hausa. (Berber Studies, 12). Köln: Rüdiger Köppe Verlag.
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Kossmann, M.G. (2005)
Boekbespreking. [Bespreking van: La force des choses ou l'épreuve 'nilo-saharienne']. In: Journal of African Languages and Linguistics, 26, pp. 99-102.
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Kossmann, M.G. & Ibriszimow, Dymitr (Eds.) (2005)
Werner Vycichl: Berberstudien & A Sketch of Siwi Berber (Egypt). Köln: Rüdiger Köppe Verlag.
(Book editorial)
2004
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Kossmann, M.G. (2004)
Boekbespreking. [Bespreking van: The Tamasheq of North-East Burkina Faso]. In: Journal of African Languages and Linguistics, 25, pp. 89-92.
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Kossmann, M.G. (2004)
Is there a Songhay substratum in Gourara Berber? In Naït-Zerrad, K., Vossen, R., Ibriszimow, D. (Eds.) Nouvelles études berbères. Le verbe et autres articles. Actes du "2. Bayreuth-Frankfurter Kolloquium zur Berberologie" (pp. 51-66). Köln: Rüdiger Köppe Verlag.
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Kossmann, M.G. (2004)
Marokkaanse sprookjes. In Rieten, O. & Strouken, I. (Eds.) Spiegeltje, spiegeltje aan de wand. Over sprookjes, broodje-aap en andere volksverhalen (pp. 29-34). Utrecht: Nederlands Centrum voor Vokscultuur & Meertens Instituut.
(Article in monograph or in proceedings)
2003
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Kossmann, M.G. (2003)
Boekbespreking. [Bespreking van: Jewish and Muslim Dialects of Moroccan Arabic]. In: Journal of African Languages and Linguistics, 24, pp. 190-195.
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Kossmann, M.G. (2003)
Broertje en Zusje: een Berberverhaal uit Figuig. In Seyed-Gohrab, A.A., Haar, J.G.J., ter, Kon, R.E. (Eds.) "De band met u, mijn vriend, verbreek ik niet". Liber Amicorum voor Kamil Banak (pp. 81-84). Leiden: Opl.TCIMO.
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Kossmann, M.G. (2003)
De menseneetster. Berbersprookjes uit Noord-Marokko. Amsterdam: Bulaaq.
(Book (monograph)) -
Kossmann, M.G. (2003)
The origin of the Berber 'participle'. In Bender, M.L., Takács, G., Appleyard, D. (Eds.) Selected Comparative-Historical Afrasian Linguistics in the Memory of Igor M. Diakonoff (pp. 27-40). München: Lincom Europe.
(Article in monograph or in proceedings)
2002
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Kossmann, M.G. (2002)
Deux emprunts à l'égytien ancien en berbère. In Nait-Zerrad, K. (Ed.) Articles de linguistique berbère ; Mémorial Werner Vycichl (pp. 245-252). Paris: L'Harmattan.
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Kossmann, M.G. (2002)
L'origine de l'aoriste intensif en berbère. Bulletin de la Société de Linguistique de Paris, 97, pp. 353-370.
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Kossmann, M.G. (2002)
Parlers arabes du Fezzân. [Bespreking van: Parlers arabes du Fezzân]. In: Bibliotheca Orientalis, 59, pp. 408-410.
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Kossmann, M.G. (2002)
Person-number inflection in Berber verbs. Sprawozdania z posiedzen komisji naukowych (Polska Akademia Nauk, oddzial w Krakowie), 44 (2), pp. 59-62.
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Kossmann, M.G. (2002)
The structure of the Berber verb. Sprawozdania z posiedzen komisji naukowych (Polska Akademia Nauk, oddzial w Krakowie), 44 (2), pp. 63-67.
(Article)
2001
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Kossmann, M.G. (2001)
L'origine du vocalisme en zénaga de Mauritanie. Frankfurter Afrikanistische Blätter, 13, pp. 83-95.
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Boutkan, D.F.H. & Kossmann, M.G. (2001)
On the Etymology of 'Silver'. NOWELE : North-Western European Language Evolution, 38, pp. 3-15.
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Kossmann, M.G. (2001)
On the Etymology of Dutch zijpe. Amsterdamer Beiträge zur älteren Germanistik, 54, pp. 31-39.
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Kossmann, M.G. (2001)
The origin of the glottal stop in Zenaga and its reflexes in the other Berber languages. Afrika und Uebersee, 84 (1), pp. 61-100.
(Article)
2000
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Kossmann, M.G. (2000)
A Study of Eastern Moroccan Fairy Tales. (FF Communications, 274). Helsinki: Academia Scientiarum Fennica.
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Kossmann, M.G. (2000)
Esquisse grammaticale du rifain oriental. (M.S. Ussun amazigh, 16). Paris/Louvain: Peeters.
(Book (monograph)) -
Kossmann, M.G. (2000)
Le futur à Ghadamès et l'origine de la conjugaison verbale en berbère. In: Chaker, S. & Zaborski, A. (Eds.), Etudes berbères et chamito-sémitiques: Mélanges offerts à Karl-G. Prasse, pp. 237-262. Paris-Louvain: Peeters.
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Kossmann, M.G. (2000)
Les désinences modales en berbère. Rivista degli Studi Orientali, 74, pp. 25-39.
(Article)
1999
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Kossmann, M.G. & Boutkan, D.F.H. (1999)
Berber parallels of European substratum words. Journal of Indo-European Studies, 27 (1&2), pp. 87-100.
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Kossmann, M.G. (1999)
Cinq notes de linguistique historique berbère. Etudes et Documents Berbères, 17, pp. 131-152.
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Kossmann, M.G. (1999)
Commentary on the Berber Forms in Orel and Stolbova. Journal of African Languages and Linguistics, 20 (2), pp. 203-207.
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Kossmann, M.G. (1999)
Das nordafrikanische Rapunzelmärchen. Rocznik orientalistyczny, 52 (2), pp. 27-56.
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Kossmann, M.G. (1999)
Essai sur la phonologie du proto-berbère. (Grammatische Analysen afrikanischer Sprachen, 12). Koeln: Ruediger Koeppe Verlag.
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Kossmann, M.G. (1999)
Fadna et Omar, génèse d'un conte berbère. Awal, 19, pp. 85-96.
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Kossmann, M.G. (1999)
Naìt-Zerrad: Dictionnaire des racines berbères I. [Bespreking van: Dictionnaire des racines berbères (formes attestées) I]. In: Afrika und Uebersee, 82, pp. 307-309.
(Book review)
1998
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Boutkan, D.F.H. & Kossmann, M.G. (1998)
Etymologische Betrachtungen zur Dialektgeographie von 'Raupe, Rups'. Amsterdamer Beiträge zur älteren Germanistik, 50, pp. 5-11.
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Boutkan, D.F.H. & Kossmann, M.G. (1998)
Over sjwa-apocope in het ABN. Tijdschrift voor Nederlandse Taal- en Letterkunde, 114, pp. 164-172.
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Kossmann, M.G. (1998)
Sprookjes uit Oost-Marokko in een Europees perspectief. Volkskundig Bulletin, 24 (2), pp. 332-344.
(Article)
1997
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Kossmann, M.G. & Stroomer, Harry (1997)
Berber Phonology. Phonologies of Asia and Africa, pp. 461-475.
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Kossmann, M.G. & Bezzazi, A. (1997)
Berber sprookjes uit Noord-Marokko. Amsterdam: Bulaaq.
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Kossmann, M.G. (1997)
Le pronom d'objet direct de la troisième personne en berbère. In: Tosco, M. & Bausi, A. (Eds.), Afroasiatica Neapolitana (Serie Etiopica), 6. , pp. 69-79. Napels: Istituto universitario orientale, Studi Adfricanistici.
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Boogert, N., van den & Kossmann, M.G. (1997)
Les premiers emprunts arabes en berbère. Arabica: Journal of Arabic and Islamic Studies/Arabica: Revue d'Etudes Arabes, XLIV, pp. 317-322.
(Article)
1996
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Kossmann, M.G. (1996)
Du nouveau à propos du nom de l'aiguille. Etudes et Documents Berbères, 14, pp. 97-105.
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Kossmann, M.G. (1996)
Grammaire du parler berbère de Figuig (Maroc oriental). (M.S. 10 Ussun amazigh, Selaf 364). Paris-Louvain: Peeters.
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Kossmann, M.G. (1996)
Het stadsdialekt van Tilburg: klank- en vormleer. (Cahiers, 7). Amsterdam: P.J. Meertens Instituut.
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Kossmann, M.G. (1996)
Les verbes en i final en zénète. Etudes et Documents Berbères, 13, pp. 99-104.
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Kossmann, M.G. (1996)
recensie. [Bespreking van: Modality, Mood and Aspect in Spoken Arabic]. In: Journal of African Languages and Linguistics, 17, pp. 93-95.
(Book review)
1995
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Kossmann, M.G. (1995)
La spirantisation dans les parlers Zénètes. In: Bos, P. (Ed.), Langues du Maroc, pp. 11-19. Tilburg: Tilburg University Press.
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Kossmann, M.G. (1995)
Schwa en berbère. Journal of African Languages and Linguistics, 16, pp. 71-82.
(Article)
1994
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Kossmann, M.G. (1994)
Grammaire du berbère de Figuig. LEI Universiteit Leiden F.H.H., Kortlandt.
(Dissertation)
1989
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Kossmann, M.G. (1989)
L'inaccompli négatif en berbère. Etudes et Documents Berbères, 6, pp. 19-29.
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Kossmann, M.G. (1989)
The Case System of West-Semitized Amarna Akkadian. Jaarbericht van het Vooraziatisch Egyptisch Genootschap Ex Oriente Lux, 30, pp. 38-60.
(Article)
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