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African Linguistics: Volume 1
Author | : Cherry Short |
Publisher | : States Academic Press |
Total Pages | : 328 |
Release | : 2021-11-16 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 9781639890286 |
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.
An Introduction to African Languages
Author | : G. Tucker Childs |
Publisher | : John Benjamins Publishing |
Total Pages | : 287 |
Release | : 2003-12-19 |
Genre | : 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.
The Routledge Handbook of African Linguistics
Author | : Augustine Agwuele |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 647 |
Release | : 2018-03-09 |
Genre | : 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.
African Languages
Author | : Bernd Heine |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 412 |
Release | : 2000-08-03 |
Genre | : Foreign Language Study |
ISBN | : 9780521666299 |
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.
African Voices
Author | : Kembo-Sure |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 334 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 9780195716818 |
This book focuses on the languages and linguistics of Africa. Covering the major themes that are dealt with in university courses, and making extensive use of linguistic symbols and diagrams, this is an essential text for undergraduate and postgraduate linguistics students in South Africa and Africa as a whole, as well as for students of African studies worldwide. Its topics include general descriptions of African languages, the nature of languages in contact and in competition, language in education, and the need for governmental intervention in linguistic issues.
A History of African Linguistics
Author | : H. Ekkehard Wolff |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 377 |
Release | : 2019-06-13 |
Genre | : Foreign Language Study |
ISBN | : 1108417973 |
The first global history of African linguistics as an emerging autonomous academic discipline, covering Africa, the Americas, Asia, Australia, and Europe.
Black Linguistics
Author | : Arnetha Ball |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 241 |
Release | : 2005-08-19 |
Genre | : Foreign Language Study |
ISBN | : 1134507267 |
This groundbreaking collection re-orders the elitist and colonial elements of language studies by drawing together the multiple perspectives of Black language researchers.
Theory and description in African Linguistics
Author | : Emily Clem |
Publisher | : Language Science Press |
Total Pages | : 788 |
Release | : 2019 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 3961102058 |
The papers in this volume were presented at the 47th Annual Conference on African Linguistics at UC Berkeley in 2016. The papers offer new descriptions of African languages and propose novel theoretical analyses of them. The contributions span topics in phonetics, phonology, syntax, semantics, and pragmatics and reflect the typological and genetic diversity of languages in Africa. Four papers in the volume examine Areal Features and Linguistic Reconstruction in Africa, and were presented at a special workshop on this topic held alongside the general session of ACAL.