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African Languages
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Author : Bernd Heine
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2000-08-03
African Languages written by Bernd Heine and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000-08-03 with Foreign Language Study categories.
An accessible introduction to African languages and linguistics, covering language typology, linguistic structures and sociolinguistics.
An Introduction To African Languages
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Author : George Tucker Childs
language : en
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
Release Date : 2003-01-01
An Introduction To African Languages written by George Tucker Childs and has been published by John Benjamins Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-01-01 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
This 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.
The Bantu Languages Of Africa
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Author : M. A. Bryan
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2017-09-22
The Bantu Languages Of Africa written by M. A. Bryan and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-09-22 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
The area covered by this book, originally published in 1953, is one that has long been recognized as presenting many problems from the point of view of Bantu linguistic studies. Almost all the material set out in this present work is based on notes taken in the field, and in many cases presented completely new facts. The sources of the information used are listed at the end of the linguistic description of each of the groups of languages dealt with. Since there are so many languages to be covered it would be impracticable to give even an outline of the main features of each of them, so an outline is given of the main characteristics of each separate group. One language is used as the type for each group, for the purpose of listing examples of the nominal prefixes, verbal conjugation, and personal prefixes. Other features are illustrated from whichever language is the most suitable.
African Languages Development And The State
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Author : Richard Fardon
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2002-11
African Languages Development And The State written by Richard Fardon and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-11 with Social Science categories.
This shows that multilingusim does not pose for Africans the problems of communication that Europeans imagine and that the mismatch between policy statements and their pragmatic outcomes is a far more serious problem for future development
Language History And Linguistic Description In Africa
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Author : Ian Maddieson
language : en
Publisher: Africa World Press
Release Date : 1998
Language History And Linguistic Description In Africa written by Ian Maddieson and has been published by Africa World Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with Foreign Language Study categories.
For more than a quarter of a century the Annual conference on African Linguistics (ACAL) has provided a lively forum for the confrontation of ideas on theoretical linguistics with descriptive data on African languages.
The Languages Of West Africa
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Author : Diedrich Westermann
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2017-09-22
The Languages Of West Africa written by Diedrich Westermann and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-09-22 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
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.
The Language Families Of Africa
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Author : Alice Werner
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1925
The Language Families Of Africa written by Alice Werner and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1925 with Africa categories.
African Language Structures
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Author : William E. Welmers
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 1974-01-01
African Language Structures written by William E. Welmers and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1974-01-01 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
Retells the Cheyenne legend in which a girl and her seven chosen brothers become the Big Dipper.
The Language Families Of Africa
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Author : A Werner
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2018-08-10
The Language Families Of Africa written by A Werner and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-08-10 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
Published in 1925, this introduction provides an accessible account of language families in Africa. Covering the five families of African languages: the Sudan family, the Bantu family, the Hamitic family, the Bushman family and the Semitic family, it provides a detailed study of the languages, phonetics and linguistic content. The book will be of use to anyone interested in the history and development of human speech.
A Thesaurus Of African Languages
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Author : Michael Mann
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2017-09-18
A Thesaurus Of African Languages written by Michael Mann and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-09-18 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
Originally published in 1987, this thesaurus is concerned with the spoken languages of Africa. Languages are grouped into a relatively large number of sets and subsets within which the relationship of languages to one another is locally apparent and uncontroversial. The volume presents the languages in classified order with notes on each language, their variant names and immediate classification, and reference to the sources consulted. One section offers an exhaustive list of the languages spoken as home languages by local communities in each state, together with details of languages widely used for inter-group communication, given official recognition, or used in education or the media. There are brief phonological analyses of a broad sample of some 20 African languages and a comprehensive bibliography and language index to the whole work