The Niger Congo Languages
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The Niger Congo Languages
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Author : John Bendor-Samuel
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1989
The Niger Congo Languages written by John Bendor-Samuel and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989 with Foreign Language Study categories.
Tone Orthography And Literacy
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Author : David Roberts
language : en
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company
Release Date : 2021-07-15
Tone Orthography And Literacy written by David Roberts and has been published by John Benjamins Publishing Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-07-15 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
This book presents the results of a series of literacy experiments in ten Niger-Congo languages, representing four language families and spanning five countries. It asks the research question, "To what extent does full tone marking contribute to oral reading fluency, comprehension and writing accuracy, and does that contribution vary from language to language?". One of the main findings is that the ethno-literacy profile of the language community and the social profile of the individual are stronger predictors of reading and writing performance than are the linguistic and orthographic profiles of the language. Our data also suggest that full tone marking may be more beneficial for less educated readers and those with less experience of L1 literacy. The book will bring practical help to linguists and literacy specialists in Africa and beyond who are helping to develop orthographies for tone languages. It will also be of interest to cognitive psychologists exploring the reading process, and researchers investigating writing systems.
Niger Congo Languages Survival Dictionaries Set 1 Of 1
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Author : Multi Linguis
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2021-05-08
Niger Congo Languages Survival Dictionaries Set 1 Of 1 written by Multi Linguis and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-05-08 with categories.
Multi Linguis offers you small survival dictionaries of the Niger-Congo languages.Each of them includes up to 999 elementary words and phrases. The entries are arranged by parts of speech and then by topics, not by the alphabet.The book is intended to help you try out these languages' spell simple broken phrases and also get some fun.Set 1 of 1 contains Ewe, Nyanja, Southern Sotho, Swahili, Wolof, Xhosa, Yoruba, Ngazidja Comorian and Zulu.The Multi Linguis Project is based on the Wiktionary corpus and created by one person.The database of the Survival Dictionaries includes 999 lemmas (words and phrases)' their translations in many languages' transcriptions, transliterations and grammar information.The sets of dictionaries are designed in an original way to be convenient and efficient. All of them are available in mobi format.Multi Linguis is presently able to publish such books for more than 200 languages. It's planned to improve them and increase their number.You can find more dictionaries in this store.
Focus Strategies In African Languages
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Author : Enoch Oladé Aboh
language : en
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
Release Date : 2008-08-27
Focus Strategies In African Languages written by Enoch Oladé Aboh 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 2008-08-27 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
Over the last two decades, focus has become a prominent topic in major fields in linguistic research (syntax, semantics, phonology). Focus Strategies in African Languages contributes to the ongoing discussion of focus by investigating focus-related phenomena in a range of African languages, most of which have been under-represented in the theoretical literature on focus. The articles in the volume look at focus strategies in Niger-Congo and Afro-Asiatic languages from several theoretical and methodological perspectives, ranging from detailed generative analysis to careful typological generalization across languages. Their common aim is to deepen our understanding of whether and how the information-structural category of focus is represented and marked in natural language. Topics investigated are, among others, the relation of focus and prosody, the effects of information structure on word order, ex situ versus in situ strategies of focus marking, the inventory of focus marking devices, focus and related constructions, focus-sensitive particles. The present inquiry into the focus systems of African languages has repercussions on existing theories of focus. It reveals new focus strategies as well as fine-tuned focus distinctions that are not discussed in the theoretical literature, which is almost exclusively based on well-documented intonation languages.
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.
This 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.
East Benue Congo
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Author : John R. Watters
language : en
Publisher: Language Science Press
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East Benue Congo written by John R. Watters and has been published by Language Science Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with categories.
This volume is the first in what hopefully will be a growing set of edited volumes and monographs concerning Niger-Congo comparative studies. This first volume addresses matters that are relevant to the entire East Benue-Congo family as well as the particular branches Kainji, Plateau, and Bantoid. In the case of Bantoid, the particular focus is on Grassfields and the Grassfields-Bantu borderland, though other Bantoid subgroups are referenced. The potential topics for comparative studies among these languages are numerous, but this volume is dedicated to presentations on nominal affixes, third person pronouns, and verbal extensions. A forthcoming volume will provide some results of reconstructions and lexicostatistics in Cross River, exploratory reconstructions in Southern Jukunoid, and reconstructions in Ekoid-Mbe and Mambiloid.
Linguistics In Sub Saharan Africa
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Author : Jack Berry
language : en
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Release Date : 2017-08-21
Linguistics In Sub Saharan Africa written by Jack Berry and has been published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-08-21 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
The Numeral System Of Proto Niger Congo
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Author : Konstantin Pozdniakov
language : en
Publisher: Language Science Press
Release Date : 2018-08-31
The Numeral System Of Proto Niger Congo written by Konstantin Pozdniakov and has been published by Language Science Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-08-31 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
This book proposes the reconstruction of the Proto-Niger-Congo numeral system. The emphasis is placed on providing an exhaustive account of the distribution of forms by families, groups, and branches. The big data bases used for this purpose open prospects for both working with the distribution of words that do exist and with the distribution of gaps in postulated cognates. The distribution of filled cells and gaps is a useful tool for reconstruction. Following an introduction in the first chapter, the second chapter of this book is devoted to the study of various uses of noun class markers in numeral terms. The third chapter deals with the alignment by analogy in numeral systems. Chapter 4 offers a step-by-step reconstruction of number systems of the proto-languages underlying each of the twelve major NC families, on the basis of the step-by-step-reconstruction of numerals within each family. Chapter 5 deals with the reconstruction of the Proto-Niger-Congo numeral system on the basis of the step-by-step-reconstructions offered in Chapter 4. Chapter 6 traces the history of the numerals of Proto-Niger-Congo, reconstructed in Chapter 5, in each individual family of languages.
Theoretical Approaches To African Linguistics
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Author : Akinbiyi Akinlabi
language : en
Publisher: Africa World Press
Release Date : 1995
Theoretical Approaches To African Linguistics written by Akinbiyi Akinlabi 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 1995 with Foreign Language Study categories.
The first of a new series devoted to the study of African linguistics, this study presents papers on a wide range of disciplines pertinent to the field that will be of interest to students and researchers. This first volume includes work on Niger Congo languages such as Yoruba and Igbo, and several Bantu languages.
Comparative Linguistics
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Author : G. J. K. Campbell-Dunn
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2006-03
Comparative Linguistics written by G. J. K. Campbell-Dunn and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-03 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
Things That Fell From My Head A new book of Poems to Benefit Victims of Domestic Violence The fear and loneliness a victim of abuse feels can be paralyzing. In Things That Fell From My Head, Wendy Matarese has collected poems born from that darkness into a transparent journal that allows readers to peer at moments of joy, despair and triumph. Matarese's writing is a striking combination of stark reality, beautiful subtlety and surprising honesty that will delight, sadden and, most of all, inspire. Her poems, "The Birthday Party" and Oh, Dark Spirit", allow a glimpse into this natural poet's emotional verse.