African Languages

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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.

African Languages Development And The State

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Author : Richard Fardon
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2002-11-01

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 2002-11-01 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

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.

The Languages Of Africa

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Author : Joseph Harold Greenberg
language : en
Publisher: Research Institute for Inner Asian Studies
Release Date : 1963

The Languages Of Africa written by Joseph Harold Greenberg and has been published by Research Institute for Inner Asian Studies this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1963 with Foreign Language Study categories.

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

The Languages Of West Africa

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Author : Diedrich Westermann
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1970

The Languages Of West Africa written by Diedrich Westermann and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1970 with Foreign Language Study categories.

A Phonetic Study Of West African Languages

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Author : Peter Ladefoged
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 1968

A Phonetic Study Of West African Languages written by Peter Ladefoged 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 1968 with Africa, West categories.

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.

Language In Africa

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Author : Edgar Gregersen
language : en
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Release Date : 1977

Language In Africa written by Edgar Gregersen and has been published by Taylor & Francis this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1977 with Foreign Language Study categories.

This book developed out of a survey course on African languages that Uriel Weinreich invited the author to teach at Columbia University. The focus of the course changed considerably in the years that the author taught the course (1964-1968), in large part to accommodate the interests of many students without a background in linguistics but registered for the course. The one thing African languages have in common, setting them off from all the other languages in the world, is the fact that they are spoken in Africa.

African Languages In The 21st Century

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Author : D. E. Mutasa
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2006

African Languages In The 21st Century written by D. E. Mutasa and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with African languages categories.