Author : Rainer Vossen
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 1104 pages
File Size : 26,38 MB
Release : 2020
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 0199609896
Une 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 : Sonja L. Lanehart
Publisher : Oxford Handbooks
Page : 945 pages
File Size : 40,90 MB
Release : 2015
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0199795398
Offers a set of diverse analyses of traditional and contemporary work on language structure and use in African American communities.
Author : M. A. Bryan
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 48,10 MB
Release : 2017-09-22
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1351599674
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.
Author : Augustine Agwuele
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 647 pages
File Size : 28,21 MB
Release : 2018-03-09
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 1315392968
The Handbook of African Linguistics provides a holistic coverage of the key themes, subfields, approaches and practical application to the vast areas subsumable under African linguistics that will serve researchers working across the wide continuum in the field. Established and emerging scholars of African languages who are active and current in their fields are brought together, each making use of data from a linguistic group in Africa to explicate a chosen theme within their area of expertise, and illustrate the practice of the discipline in the continent.
Author : H. Ekkehard Wolff
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,56 MB
Release : 2019-05-16
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9781108417983
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.
Author : Diedrich Westermann
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 309 pages
File Size : 45,43 MB
Release : 2017-09-22
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1351600508
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.
Author : André Basset
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 155 pages
File Size : 18,96 MB
Release : 2017-09-27
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1351600923
Originally published in 1952, this volume shows the structural characteristics of the Berber language and its interrelations as far as these are known; the distribution of the language and the numbers speaking it; its use as literary and educational media and as a lingua franca.
Author : Clement M. Doke
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 36,10 MB
Release : 2017-09-20
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1351598414
For the purposes of this volume, originally published in 1954, two southern zones of Bantu have been included - south of the Zambesi and east of the Kalahari. The book discusses the phonetic and morphological characteristics of these 2 zones and a classification of the groups, clusters and dialects is provided. For comparative purposes detailed information on some striking dialectical forms is given in the appendices.
Author : Malcolm Guthrie
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 34,65 MB
Release : 2017-09-22
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1351600087
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.
Author : G. Tucker Childs
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 287 pages
File Size : 36,83 MB
Release : 2003-12-19
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9027295883
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.
