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1975 : hbk ISBN 9781138099401
Description
Volume 1 of African Languages include articles originally published in 1975 and written in French and English on educational, literary, cultural, historical and socio-linguistic aspects of language in Africa, as well as descriptive and comparative studies. Among others there are chapters on African oral literature, the standardization of languages and education in Nigeria and a description of Shona spelling.
Table of Contents
1. Reflections on African Oral Literature 2. Narrative Style and the Consecutive 3. Langages Secres Chez Les Peuls4. 'Pakoa Book': An Introduction to Pakao Expansion and Social Structure by Virtue of an Indigenous Manuscript 5. Jarawan Bantu 6. La Variabilite Lexicale en Bantou 7. Standardisation des Langues et Education au Nigeria 8. A Description of Shona Spelling 9. Studies Devoted to S. W. Koelle's Polyglotta Africana: List of Orthographic Conventions 1) Jukunoid Languages in the Poloyglotta African Djuku 2) Bode, Dgo:jin and Do:ai in the Polyglotta Africana ) Kandin in the Polyglotta Africana: Two Languages in One
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1976 : hbk ISBN 9781138099425
Description
Volume 2 of African Languages includes articles originally published in 1976, written in French and English on educational, literary, cultural, historical and socio-linguistic aspects of language in Africa, as well as descriptive and comparative studies. Among others there are chapters on an early Vai manuscript from Liberia, John Clarke's unidentified Nago dialect and swahili secondary education in Tanzania.
Table of Contents
1. Le Champ Semantique de Theme Bantou 2. John Clarke's Unidentified Nago Dialect 3. Agentive Nouns in Swahili - Deverbatives? 4. An Early Vai Manuscript from Liberia 5. Notes on Tone in Bantu Nominal Stems 6. Forgotten Men: Zulu Bards and Praising at the Time of the Zulu Kings 7. Kola, Tpala, ou Kpala? Notes sur les Occlusives doubles dan la Langue Daba-Mousgoy (Kola) du Nord Cameroun 8. The Language of Self-Reliance: Swahili-Medium Secondary Education in Tanzanie 9. Stativity, Ergativity and the -rV Suffixes in 10. Edo (Bini) in the Polyglotta Africana 11. Review Article, Dictionary of the Nupe Language 1914, 1969.
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1977 : hbk ISBN 9781138099449
Description
Volume 3 of African Languages includes articles originally published in 1977, written in French and English on educational, literary, cultural, historical and socio-linguistic aspects of language in Africa, as well as descriptive and comparative studies. Among others there are chapters on the national language issue in Africa (Akan in Ghana), a socio-linguistic case study of the Hausa language in Nigeria and assimiliation and lexical coinages in Igbo.
Table of Contents
1. It, in Iraqw: An Analysis of the Object-Selector Series of the Iraqw Verb 2. Abstraction and Precision in Kongo Ethical Terminology 3. The National Language Issue in Africa: The Case for Akan in Ghana 4. Past Tense Formation in (Oru)Hayua 5. Notes d'Introduction a L'Anthroponymie Hunde 6. Notes on Assimiliation, Elision, and Lexical Coinages in Igbo 7. Language Imposition: Sociolinguistic Case Study of the Hausa Language in Nigeria 8. Inside the Proverbs: A Sociolinguistic Approach 9. Short Note on the Polyglotta Africana: A Few More Words in 'Eregba'
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1978 : hbk ISBN 9781138099630
Description
Volume 4 of African Languages includes articles originally published in 1978, written in French and English on educational, literary, cultural, historical and socio-linguistic aspects of language in Africa, as well as descriptive and comparative studies. Among others there are chapters on lexical innovation in Zambian languages, Portuguese creole of Senegal, the application of ethics in Hausa didactic poetry.
Table of Contents
1. Le Creole Portugais du Senegal-Comment L'Aborder? 2. The Noun Class System of Gade (Nigeria) 3. Les Parlers Dendi 4. Lexical Innovation in Four Zambian Languages 5. An Igbo Folk-Song: A Linguistic Study 6. Le Langage Litteraire Classique au Zaire et La Correction Morale 7. The Application of Ethics in Contemporary Hausa Didactic Poetry 8. Pronom de Liaison en Bantu: Le Cas du Kinande
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1979, no. 1 : hbk ISBN 9781138099906
Description
Volume 5 (1) of African Languages originally published in 1979, is a special issue focussing on the Bantu languages in Tanzania. The languages are discussed according to 4 regions of Tanzania and although the sub-grouping is lexicostatistical, the classification is borne out by other consdierations, such as phonology and verbal morphology.
Table of Contents
Part 1: Rutara 1. Classification 2. Lexicostatistical Overview 3. Haya 4. Ha 5. 100 Word List Part 2: West Tanzania 1. Classification 2. Nilyamba 3. Nyaturu 4. Sukuma 5. Nyamwezi 6. 100 Word List Part 3: N. E. Tanzania 1. Classification 2. Lexicostatstical Overview 3. Gogo 4. Lugulu 5. Zalamo 6. Shambala 7. 100 Word List Part 4: Southern Tanzania 1. Classification 2. Lexicostatistical Overview 3. Bena/Hehe 4. Note on Hehe 5. Nyakyusa 6. Makonde 7. Yao 8. 100 Word List
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1979, no. 2 : hbk ISBN 9781138102071
Description
Volume 5 (2) of African Languages originally published in 1979, is a special issue focussing on languages and education in Africa. There are chapters on African language education from a socio-linguistic perspective, the problems of bi-lingualism and multi-lingualism in Zaire and small languages in primary education.
Table of Contents
1. The Development of Somali as a National Medium of Education and Literature 2. Four Rationalisations for Maintaining European Languages in Africa: A Critique 3. African Language Education: A Sociolinguistic Perspective 4. Language and Education in the Sudan: Present Trends 5. Problematique du Bilinguisme et du Plurilinguisme au Zaire: Heritage Colonial et Situation Actuelle 6. Les Langues Africaines comme Vehicule d'Autres Langues Africaines 7. Suggested Syllabus for a Three Year Nursery Education Followed by a Five Year Primary Education in African Languages 8. The Tanzanian Experience in the Use of an African Language in Education: A Case for Swahili 9. Reflexions sur les Methodes et Materiaux d'Enseignment de la Lecture aux Adultes 10. Le Kirundi, Instrument de Developpement Politique, Economique et Culturel 11. Small Languages in Primary Education: The Rivers Readers Project as a Case History
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