African Linguistics Volume 2

Author : Cherry Short
Publisher : States Academic Press
ISBN 13 : 9781639890293
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book African Linguistics: Volume 2 written by Cherry Short and published by States Academic Press. This book was released on 2021-11-16 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Linguistics can be defined as the scientific study of the structure and development of language in general or of particular languages. It encompasses the analysis of language form, language meaning, and language in context, as well as the analysis of the social, cultural, historical, and political factors that influence any language. African languages are seen and treated as expressions and means of African culture along with their communicative functions. This assumption supports the idea that the task of linguistic description and of teaching African languages is linked with sociolinguistics. The languages of Africa are divided into several major language families such as Niger-Congo languages, Afroasiatic languages, Indo-European languages, Nilo-Saharan languages, Austronesian languages, and Khoe-Kwadi languages. One of the greatest concentrations of linguistic diversity is found in Africa. This book is a compilation of chapters that discuss the most vital concepts and emerging trends in African linguistics. Its aim is to present researches that have transformed this discipline and aided its advancement. This book is appropriate for students seeking detailed information in this area as well as for experts.

Author : G. Tucker Childs
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9027295883
Total Pages : 287 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book An Introduction to African Languages written by G. Tucker Childs and published by John Benjamins Publishing. This book was released on 2003-12-19 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Author : Diedrich Westermann
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351600508
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Languages of West Africa written by Diedrich Westermann and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-09-22 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 : Jason Kandybowicz
Publisher : Language Science Press
ISBN 13 : 3961100365
Total Pages : 454 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book African linguistics on the prairie written by Jason Kandybowicz and published by Language Science Press. This book was released on 2018-06-15 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: African Linguistics on the Prairie features select revised peer-reviewed papers from the 45th Annual Conference on African Linguistics, held at the University of Kansas. The articles in this volume reflect the enormous diversity of African languages, as they focus on languages from all of the major African language phyla. The articles here also reflect the many different research perspectives that frame the work of linguists in the Association for Contemporary African Linguistics. The diversity of views presented in this volume are thus indicative of the vitality of current African linguistics research. The work presented in this volume represents both descriptive and theoretical methodologies and covers fields ranging from phonetics, phonology, morphology, typology, syntax, and semantics to sociolinguistics, discourse analysis, language acquisition, computational linguistics and beyond. This broad scope and the quality of the articles contained within holds out the promise of continued advancement in linguistic research on African languages.

Author : Ian Maddieson
Publisher : Africa World Press
ISBN 13 : 9780865436329
Total Pages : 334 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Language History and Linguistic Description in Africa written by Ian Maddieson and published by Africa World Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For more than a quarter of a century the Annual conference on African Linguistics (ACAL) has provided a lively forum for the confrontation of ideas on theoretical linguistics with descriptive data on African languages.

Author : Walter Bisang
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 3110712792
Total Pages : 612 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Grammaticalization Scenarios from Africa, the Americas, and the Pacific written by Walter Bisang and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2020-09-21 with total page 612 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume intends to fill the gap in the grammaticalization studies setting as its goal the systematic description of grammaticalization processes in genealogically and structurally diverse languages. To address the problem of the limitations of the secondary sources for grammaticalization studies, the editors rely on sketches of grammaticalization phenomena from experts in individual languages guided by a typological questionnaire.

Author : H. Ekkehard Wolff
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108417973
Total Pages : 377 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A History of African Linguistics written by H. Ekkehard Wolff and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2019-06-13 with total page 377 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first global history of African linguistics as an emerging autonomous academic discipline, covering Africa, the Americas, Asia, Australia, and Europe.

Author : William E. Welmers
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 9780520022102
Total Pages : 504 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book African Language Structures written by William E. Welmers and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1974-01-01 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Retells the Cheyenne legend in which a girl and her seven chosen brothers become the Big Dipper.

Author : Jonathan Kaye
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 3112420101
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Vol. 2 written by Jonathan Kaye and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2021-03-22 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Bernd Heine
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521666299
Total Pages : 412 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book African Languages written by Bernd Heine and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2000-08-03 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.