The Languages of West Africa
The Languages of West Africa

Author: Diedrich Westermann

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2017-09-22

Total Pages: 309

ISBN-13: 1351600508

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This volume, originally published in 1970, presents a survey of the languages spoken in an area extending from the Atlantic coast at the Sengal River eastward to the Lake Chad region. The area covered by this volume is mainly a goegraphical one, so it follows that not all the languages included are related to one another, though a certain degree of homogeneity appears.

Colonial Reports - Annual
Colonial Reports - Annual

Author: Great Britain. Colonial Office

Publisher:

Published: 1935

Total Pages: 1406

ISBN-13:

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Each number comprises the annual report of a different colony for a particular year.

Substrate and Adstrate
Substrate and Adstrate

Author: Micah Corum

Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

Published: 2015-04-24

Total Pages: 243

ISBN-13: 1501500910

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This volume provides a large-scale, in-depth analysis of locative structures in Nigerian Pidgin and Ghanaian Pidgin English and compares those structures to locatives in their lexifier, substrate, and adstrate languages. The work draws on new research methods for investigating substrate and adstrate influence in semantics and creole genesis.

A Grammar of Mani
A Grammar of Mani

Author: G. Tucker Childs

Publisher: Walter de Gruyter

Published: 2011-12-23

Total Pages: 293

ISBN-13: 311026501X

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This book provides a complete grammar of the Mani language spoken in the Samu (alternate French spelling “Samou”) region of Sierra Leone and Guinea. The data come from a short pilot study conducted in 2000, and a larger study taking place over two years 2004-2006. That the Mani language will soon disappear is certain; just as certain is that this grammar will be the only one ever written.

Practical Phonetics for Students of African Languages
Practical Phonetics for Students of African Languages

Author: D Westermann

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2015-06-03

Total Pages: 195

ISBN-13: 1317406281

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First published in 1933, this book looks at the phonetics of African languages. It argues that a good grounding in phonetics and tone work is an indispensable preliminary to anyone embarking on a study of African language and so provides the material necessary for this in a simple form. The volume is primarily a practical manual for students of African languages but will also be an invaluable tool for students of general linguistics as a work of scientific interest. The languages observed present features of language that are very different to those found in Europe.