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Author: D. Dalby
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2014-09-11
Total Pages: 136
ISBN-13: 1136266577
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Sierra Leone Language Review is the African Language Journal of Fourah Bay College, the University College of Sierra Leone. The Journal is devoted to the detailed study of languages in Sierra Leone and neighbouring areas of West Africa, and also to the more general study and discussion of African languages and language-problems.
Author: Bernd Heine
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2000-08-03
Total Pages: 412
ISBN-13: 9780521666299
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book is an introduction to African languages and linguistics, covering typology, structure and sociolinguistics. The twelve chapters are written by a team of fifteen eminent Africanists, and their topics include the four major language groupings (Niger-Congo, Nilo-Saharan, Afroasiatic and Khoisan), the core areas of modern theoretical linguistics (phonology, morphology, syntax), typology, sociolinguistics, comparative linguistics, and language, history and society. Basic concepts and terminology are explained for undergraduates and non-specialist readers, but each chapter also provides an overview of the state of the art in its field, and as such will be referred to also by more advanced students and general linguists. The book brings this range of material together in accessible form for anyone wishing to learn more about this challenging and fascinating field.
Author: Kembo-Sure
Publisher:
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 334
ISBN-13: 9780195716818
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book focuses on the languages and linguistics of Africa. Covering the major themes that are dealt with in university courses, and making extensive use of linguistic symbols and diagrams, this is an essential text for undergraduate and postgraduate linguistics students in South Africa and Africa as a whole, as well as for students of African studies worldwide. Its topics include general descriptions of African languages, the nature of languages in contact and in competition, language in education, and the need for governmental intervention in linguistic issues.
Author: G. Tucker Childs
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
Published: 2003-12-19
Total Pages: 287
ISBN-13: 9027295883
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book introduces beginning students and non-specialists to the diversity and richness of African languages. In addition to providing a solid background to the study of African languages, the book presents linguistic phenomena not found in European languages. A goal of this book is to stimulate interest in African languages and address the question: What makes African languages so fascinating? The orientation adopted throughout the book is a descriptive one, which seeks to characterize African languages in a relatively succinct and neutral manner, and to make the facts accessible to a wide variety of readers. The author’s lengthy acquaintance with the continent and field experiences in western, eastern, and southern Africa allow for both a broad perspective and considerable depth in selected areas. The original examples are often the author’s own but also come from other sources and languages not often referenced in the literature. This text also includes a set of sound files illustrating the phenomena under discussion, be they the clicks of Khoisan, talking drums, or the ideophones (words like English lickety-split) found almost everywhere, which will make this book a valuable resource for teacher and student alike.
Author: D. Dalby
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2014-09-11
Total Pages: 132
ISBN-13: 113626664X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Sierra Leone Language Review is the African Language Journal of Fourah Bay College, the University College of Sierra Leone. The Journal is devoted to the detailed study of languages in Sierra Leone and neighbouring areas of West Africa, and also to the more general study and discussion of African languages and language-problems.
Author: Audrey N. Mbeje
Publisher: Nalrc Press
Published: 2005
Total Pages: 340
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Rainer Vossen
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 2020
Total Pages: 1104
ISBN-13: 0199609896
DOWNLOAD EBOOKUne source inconnue indique : "This book provides a comprehensive overview of current research in African languages, drawing on insights from anthropological linguistics, typology, historical and comparative linguistics, and sociolinguistics. It covers a wide range of topics, from grammatical sketches of individual languages to sociocultural and extralinguistic issues."
Author: Friederike Lüpke
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
Published: 2013-05-28
Total Pages: 434
ISBN-13: 1614511942
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMost African languages are spoken by communities as one of several languages present on a daily basis. The persistence of multilingualism and the linguistic creativity manifest in the playful use of different languages are striking, especially against the backdrop of language death and expanding monolingualism elsewhere in the world. The effortless mastery of several languages is disturbing, however, for those who take essentialist perspectives that see it as a problem rather than a resource, and for the dominating, conflictual, sociolinguistic model of multilingualism. This volume investigates African minority languages in the context of changing patterns of multilingualism, and also assesses the status of African languages in terms of existing influential vitality scales. An important aspect of multilingual praxis is the speakers' agency in making choices, their repertoires of registers and the multiplicity of language ideology associated with different ways of speaking. The volume represents a new and original contribution to the ethnography of speaking of multilingual practices and the cultural ideas associated with them.
Author: Enoch Oladé Aboh
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 338
ISBN-13: 9783110195934
DOWNLOAD EBOOKContains a collection of articles on focus in the Niger-Congo and Afro-Asiatic language groups. This book investigates focus-related phenomena from different theoretical and methodological perspectives: the interaction of focus and prosody, the effect of focus on word order, the inventory of focus-marking devices, and others.
Author: Ngessimo M. Mutaka
Publisher:
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 340
ISBN-13:
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