ACAL in SoCAL

ACAL in SoCAL
Author: Yaqian Huang
Publisher: Language Science Press
Total Pages: 580
Release: 2024-05-23
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 3961104727

This volume contains a selection of papers that were presented at the 53rd Annual Conference on African Linguistics, which was held virtually at the University of California San Diego. There are 21 papers covering phonology, morphology, syntax, lexical semantics, sociolinguistics, typology and historical linguistics. The volume features a keynote paper that proposes a novel community-based approach to language documentation. African languages investigated in detail include Wolof, Mende, Dangme, Kusaal, Nzema, Anii, Nigerian Pidgin, Tunen, Nyokon, Vale, Lokoya, Lopit, Otuho, Kalenjin, Tiriki, Oromo, Tigrinya, Asá, Qwadza, and Ikalanga.

Pushing the boundaries

Pushing the boundaries
Author: James Essegbey
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Total Pages: 438
Release: 2024-11-07
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 3985541191

This volume contains some of the papers there were presented at ACAL 51-52, which was organized virtually at the University of Florida. A couple were accepted for presentation at ACAL 51, which was canceled because of COVID-19. The theme of ACAL 51-52 was African linguistics: pushing the boundaries. There are 18 papers and an introduction: two phonetics papers, five phonology papers, nine syntax papers, one sociolinguistics paper and one typology paper.

Celebrating 50 years of ACAL

Celebrating 50 years of ACAL
Author: Akinbiyi Akinlabi
Publisher: Language Science Press
Total Pages: 372
Release:
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 3961103097

The papers in this volume were presented at the 50th Annual Conference on African Linguistics held at the University of British Columbia in 2019. The contributions span a range of theoretical topics as well as topics in descriptive and applied linguistics. The papers reflect the typological and genetic diversity of languages in Africa and also represent the breadth of the ACAL community, with papers from both students and more senior scholars, based in North America and beyond. They thus provide a snapshot on current research in African linguistics, from multiple perspectives. To mark the 50th anniversary of the conference, the volume editors reminisce, in the introductory chapter, about their memorable ACALs.

American Students Organize

American Students Organize
Author: Eugene G. Schwartz
Publisher: American Students Organize
Total Pages: 1251
Release: 2006
Genre: Education
ISBN: 0275991008

The founding of the U.S. National Student Association (NSA) in September of 1947 was shaped by the immediate concerns and worldview of the "GI Bill Generation" of American Students, returning from a world at war to build a world at peace. The more than 90 living authors of this book, all of whom are of that generation, tell about NSA's formation and first five years. The book also provides a prologue reaching back into the 1930s and an epilogue going forward to the sixties and beyond.