Recurrent Gestures Of Hausa Speakers
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Recurrent Gestures Of Hausa Speakers
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Author : Izabela Will
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2021-11-15
Recurrent Gestures Of Hausa Speakers written by Izabela Will and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-11-15 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
This book presents a repertoire of conventionalized co-speech gestures used by Hausa speakers from northern Nigeria.
Applied Cognitive Linguistics For Language Teachers
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Author : Jorg Roche
language : en
Publisher: LIT Verlag
Release Date : 2023-10-01
Applied Cognitive Linguistics For Language Teachers written by Jorg Roche and has been published by LIT Verlag this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-10-01 with Education categories.
The book offers an easy to read introduction on how cognitive linguistics treats and analyses language and how it differs from other approaches to linguistics. Readers are invited to follow an inspiring approach to linguistics adressing many of the most pressing issues and challenges in language teaching and learning. Many examples from a large variety of languages illustrate the theoretical underpinnings and make theory come to life.
Repertoires And Choices In African Languages
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Author : Friederike Lüpke
language : en
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
Release Date : 2013-05-28
Repertoires And Choices In African Languages written by Friederike Lüpke and has been published by Walter de Gruyter this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-05-28 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
Most 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.
Ideophones And The Evolution Of Language
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Author : John Haiman
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2018-01-11
Ideophones And The Evolution Of Language written by John Haiman 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 2018-01-11 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
This book argues that ideophones provide the 'missing link' in our knowledge of how communication has evolved to become the spoken language of today.
Creolization And Pidginization In Contexts Of Postcolonial Diversity
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language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2018-02-27
Creolization And Pidginization In Contexts Of Postcolonial Diversity written by and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-02-27 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
Creolization and pidginization are conceptualized and investigated as specific social processes in the course of which new common languages, socio-cultural practices and identifications are developed in contexts of postcolonial diversity shaped by distinct social, historical and local conditions.
The Cambridge Handbook Of Endangered Languages
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Author : Peter K. Austin
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2011-03-24
The Cambridge Handbook Of Endangered Languages written by Peter K. Austin 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 2011-03-24 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
It is generally agreed that about 7,000 languages are spoken across the world today and at least half may no longer be spoken by the end of this century. This state-of-the-art Handbook examines the reasons behind this dramatic loss of linguistic diversity, why it matters, and what can be done to document and support endangered languages. The volume is relevant not only to researchers in language endangerment, language shift and language death, but to anyone interested in the languages and cultures of the world. It is accessible both to specialists and non-specialists: researchers will find cutting-edge contributions from acknowledged experts in their fields, while students, activists and other interested readers will find a wealth of readable yet thorough and up-to-date information.
Language And Development In Africa
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Author : Ekkehard Wolff
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2016-05-26
Language And Development In Africa written by Ekkehard Wolff 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 2016-05-26 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
This volume explores the central role of language across all aspects of public and private life in Africa.
The Cambridge Handbook Of African Linguistics
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Author : H. Ekkehard Wolff
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2019-05-16
The Cambridge Handbook Of African Linguistics written by H. Ekkehard Wolff 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 2019-05-16 with Foreign Language Study categories.
This book provides an in-depth and comprehensive state-of-the-art study of 'African languages' and 'language in Africa' since its beginnings as a 'colonial science' at the turn of the twentieth century in Europe. Compiled by 56 internationally renowned scholars, this ground breaking study looks at past and current research on 'African languages' and 'language in Africa' under the impact of paradigmatic changes from 'colonial' to 'postcolonial' perspectives. It addresses current trends in the study of the role and functions of language, African and other, in pre- and postcolonial African societies. Highlighting the central role that the 'language factor' plays in postcolonial transformation processes of sociocultural modernization and economic development, it also addresses more recent, particularly urban, patterns of communication, and outlines applied dimensions of digitalization and human language technology.
Speech Rhythm In Varieties Of English
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Author : Robert Fuchs
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2015-09-25
Speech Rhythm In Varieties Of English written by Robert Fuchs and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-09-25 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
This book addresses the question whether Educated Indian English is more syllable-timed than British English from two standpoints: production and perception. Many post-colonial varieties of English, which are mostly spoken as a second language in countries such as India, Nigeria and the Philippines, are thought to have a syllable-timed rhythm, whereas first language varieties such as British English are characterized as being stress-timed. While previous studies mostly relied on a single acoustic correlate of speech rhythm, usually duration, the author proposes a multidimensional approach to the production of speech rhythm that takes into account various acoustic correlates. The results reveal that the two varieties differ with regard to a number of dimensions, such as duration, sonority, intensity, loudness, pitch and glottal stop insertion. The second part of the study addresses the question whether the difference in speech rhythm between Indian and British English is perceptually relevant, based on intelligibility and dialect discrimination experiments. The results reveal that speakers generally find the rhythm of their own variety more intelligible and that listeners can identify which variety a speaker is using on the basis of differences in speech rhythm.
English One Tongue Many Voices
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Author : Jan Svartvik
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2016-01-19
English One Tongue Many Voices written by Jan Svartvik and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-01-19 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
This is the fully revised and expanded second edition of English - One Tongue, Many Voices, a book by three internationally distinguished English language scholars who tell the fascinating, improbable saga of English in time and space. Chapters trace the history of the language from its obscure beginnings over 1500 years ago as a collection of dialects spoken by marauding, illiterate tribes. They show how the geographical spread of the language in its increasing diversity has made English into an international language of unprecedented range and variety. The authors examine the present state of English as a global language and the problems, pressures and uncertainties of its future, online and offline. They argue that, in spite of the amazing variety and plurality of English, it remains a single language.