Author: Alfred Malandra
Publisher:
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Category : Acholi language
Languages : en
Pages : 176

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Author: Festo Okidi
Publisher:
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Category : Acholi language
Languages : en
Pages : 204

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Author: Maren Rüsch
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004437592
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 375

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This volume elucidates various interaction strategies for the Nilotic language Acholi. Based on detailed examples, Maren Rüsch links the structural organization of Acholi conversations to cultural features such as politeness, language socialization and narrations.

Author: Arthur Leonard Kitching
Publisher:
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Category : Acholi language
Languages : en
Pages : 112

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Author: Bernd Heine
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0195356209
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 196

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The main function of language is to convey meaning. Therefore, argues Bernd Heine in these pages, the question of why language is structured the way it is must first of all be answered with reference to this function. Linguistic explanations offered in terms of other exponents of language structure (for example, syntax) are likely to highlight peripheral or epi-phenomenal--rather than central--characteristics of language structure. Heine provides a solid introductory treatment of the ways in which language structure (that is, grammar) and language usage can be explained with reference to the processes underlying human conceptualization and communication. Exploring an area of linguistics that has developed only recently and is rapidly expanding, Cognitive Foundations of Grammar will appeal to students of linguistics, psychology, and anthropology, especially those interested in grammaticalization processess.

Author: Arthur Leonard KITCHING (Bishop on the Upper Nile.)
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 95

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Author: Institute of African Studies University of Cologne Bernd Heine Professor of Linguistics
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0198026285
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 198

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The main function of language is to convey meaning. The question of why language is structured the way it is, Heine here argues, has therefore to be answered first of all with reference to this function. Linguistic explanations in terms of other exponents of language structure, e.g. of syntax, are likely to highlight peripheral or epi-phenomenal rather than central characteristics of language structure. This book uses basic findings on grammaticalization processes to describe the role of cognitive forces in shaping grammar. It provides students with an introductory treatment of a field of linguistics that has developed recently and is rapidly expanding.

Author: Joseph Pasquale Crazzolara
Publisher:
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Category : Acholi language
Languages : en
Pages : 460

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Author: Michael Noonan
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
ISBN: 3110850516
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 369

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The series builds an extensive collection of high quality descriptions of languages around the world. Each volume offers a comprehensive grammatical description of a single language together with fully analyzed sample texts and, if appropriate, a word list and other relevant information which is available on the language in question. There are no restrictions as to language family or area, and although special attention is paid to hitherto undescribed languages, new and valuable treatments of better known languages are also included. No theoretical model is imposed on the authors; the only criterion is a high standard of scientific quality. To discuss your book idea or submit a proposal, please contact Birgit Sievert.

Author: Patrick William Otim
Publisher: Ohio University Press
ISBN: 0821442376
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 305

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Patrick William Otim argues that the Acholi people of northern Uganda, who helped Europeans spread colonial rule and Christianity, were far more politically savvy than previously understood.