Surmic Languages And Cultures
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Surmic Languages And Cultures
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Author : Gerrit Jan Dimmendaal
language : en
Publisher: Koppe
Release Date : 1998
Surmic Languages And Cultures written by Gerrit Jan Dimmendaal and has been published by Koppe this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with Foreign Language Study categories.
The Leopard S Spots
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Author : Gerrit Dimmendaal
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2015-01-27
The Leopard S Spots written by Gerrit Dimmendaal and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-01-27 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
In The Leopard’s Spots, Gerrit J. Dimmendaal discusses the interaction between language, cognition, and culture in an African context with special focus on the cultural construction of meaning through language. Such constructions are constrained by our cognitive system, but leave lots of space for culture-specific interpretations and thereby for tremendous typological diversity between languages. This variation reflects the adaptive nature of human language in the same way that the spots of the leopard reflect selective advantages for its natural habitat. But whereas science has essentially one explanation for the rosettes of the leopard, the non-scientific mind may attach meaning to his or her cultural environment by way of language through a plethora of strategies.
Historical Linguistics And The Comparative Study Of African Languages
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Author : Gerrit J. Dimmendaal
language : en
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
Release Date : 2011-06-08
Historical Linguistics And The Comparative Study Of African Languages written by Gerrit J. Dimmendaal 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 2011-06-08 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
This advanced historical linguistics course book deals with the historical and comparative study of African languages. The first part functions as an elementary introduction to the comparative method, involving the establishment of lexical and grammatical cognates, the reconstruction of their historical development, techniques for the subclassification of related languages, and the use of language-internal evidence, more specifically the application of internal reconstruction. Part II addresses language contact phenomena and the status of language in a wider, cultural-historical and ecological context. Part III deals with the relationship between comparative linguistics and other disciplines. In this rich course book, the author presents valuable views on a number of issues in the comparative study of African languages, more specifically concerning genetic diversity on the African continent, the status of pidginised and creolised languages, language mixing, and grammaticalisation.
Study Of Languages And Cultures Of Asia And Africa
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Author : Institute for the Study of Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (Tokyo)
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1972
Study Of Languages And Cultures Of Asia And Africa written by Institute for the Study of Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (Tokyo) and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1972 with categories.
Anthropological Linguistics
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2000
Anthropological Linguistics written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Comparative linguistics categories.
Languages Of Cultures
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Author : V. Lynn Tyler
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1975*
Languages Of Cultures written by V. Lynn Tyler and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1975* with Intercultural communication categories.
The Oxford Handbook Of Ethiopian Languages
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Author : Ronny Meyer
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2023-04-27
The Oxford Handbook Of Ethiopian Languages written by Ronny Meyer and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-04-27 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
This handbook provides a comprehensive account of the languages spoken in Ethiopia, exploring both their structures and features and their function and use in society. The first part of the volume provides background and general information relating to Ethiopian languages, including their demographic distribution and classification, language policy, scripts and writing, and language endangerment. Subsequent parts are dedicated to the four major language families in Ethiopia - Cushitic, Ethiosemitic, Nilo-Saharan, and Omotic - and contain studies of individual languages, with an initial introductory overview chapter in each part. Both major and less-documented languages are included, ranging from Amharic and Oromo to Zay, Gawwada, and Yemsa. The final part explores languages that are outside of those four families, namely Ethiopian Sign Language, Ethiopian English, and Arabic. With its international team of senior researchers and junior scholars, The Oxford Handbook of Ethiopian Languages will appeal to anyone interested in the languages of the region and in African linguistics more broadly.
Case In Africa
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Author : Christa König
language : en
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Release Date : 2008-06-12
Case In Africa written by Christa König and has been published by OUP Oxford this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-06-12 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
This book provides a typological overview of the different manifestations of grammaticalized case systems in African languages. After defining and distinguishing case systems, Christa König begins a thorough analysis of case in roughly 100 African languages and reveals several features, such as tone as a marker for case and the marked-nominative system, which are rare phenomena in other languages of the world. Wherever possible, the author takes into account data from her own substantial and highly regarded field research. The book provides answers to questions such as the following: What is the relationship between definiteness and case. Are case phenomena areally or genetically motivated? Why are case distinctions neutralized in nearly all case languages with verb initial or verb medial word order? Which grammaticalizations appear with case? What is the relationship between topics and nominative cases, or focus and accusative cases?
The Oxford Handbook Of African Languages
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Author : Rainer Vossen
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2020-03-19
The Oxford Handbook Of African Languages written by Rainer Vossen and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-03-19 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
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. Africa is believed to host at least one third of the world's languages, usually classified into four phyla - Niger-Congo, Afro-Asiatic, Nilo-Saharan, and Khoisan - which are then subdivided into further families and subgroupings. This volume explores all aspects of research in the field, beginning with chapters that cover the major domains of grammar and comparative approaches. Later parts provide overviews of the phyla and subfamilies, alongside grammatical sketches of eighteen representative African languages of diverse genetic affiliation. The volume additionally explores multiple other topics relating to African languages and linguistics, with a particular focus on extralinguistic issues: language, cognition, and culture, including colour terminology and conversation analysis; language and society, including language contact and endangerment; language and history; and language and orature. This wide-ranging handbook will be a valuable reference for scholars and students in all areas of African linguistics and anthropology, and for anyone interested in descriptive, documentary, typological, and comparative linguistics.
The Oxford Handbook Of African Languages
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Author : Rainer Vossen
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 2020
The Oxford Handbook Of African Languages written by Rainer Vossen and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020 with Foreign Language Study categories.
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