Author: Edward Winter ClarkPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ao language
Languages : en
Pages : 998
Book Description
Ao-Naga Dictionary
Author: Edward Winter ClarkPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ao language
Languages : en
Pages : 998
Book Description
The Oxford Handbook of African Languages
Author: Rainer VossenPublisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0199609896
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 1104
Book Description
Une source inconnue indique : "This book provides a comprehensive overview of current research in African languages, drawing on insights from anthropological linguistics, typology, historical and comparative linguistics, and sociolinguistics. It covers a wide range of topics, from grammatical sketches of individual languages to sociocultural and extralinguistic issues."
Wampar–English Dictionary
Author: Hans FischerPublisher: ANU Press
ISBN: 1760464791
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
This ethnographic dictionary is the result of Hans Fischer’s long-term fieldwork among the Wampar, who occupy the middle Markham Valley in Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea (PNG). Their language, Dzob Wampar, belongs to the Markham family of the Austronesian languages. Today most Wampar speak not only Wampar but also PNG’s lingua franca, Tok Pisin. Six decades of Wampar research has documented the extent and speed of change in the region. Today, mining, migration and the commodification of land are accelerating the pace of change in Wampar communities, resulting in great individual differences in knowledge of the vernacular. This dictionary covers largely forgotten Wampar expressions as well as loanwords from German and Jabêm that have become part of everyday language. Most entries contain example sentences from original Wampar texts. The dictionary is complemented by an overview of ethnographic research among Wampar, a sketch of Wampar grammar, a bibliography and an English-to-Wampar finder list.
Dictionary of Southern African Place Names
Author: Peter E RaperPublisher: Jonathan Ball Publishers
ISBN: 1868425509
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 1276
Book Description
The Dictionary of Southern African Place Names - now in its 4th edition - helps you sort your Komkhulu from your Kommetjie with the most comprehensive glossary of Southern African towns, villages, railway stations, mountains, rivers and beaches. The 9 000 short entries incorporate data from sources dating as far back as 1486, encapsulating the linguistic and cultural heritage of all the peoples of the subcontinent, past and present. In this highly readable book the expert authors take you on a fascinating journey of the highways and byways of Southern Africa. Whether you are a motorist, an adventurer or merely an armchair traveller, this book has a multitude of facts and details that will fascinate you. This is much more than a reference book - it gives an insight into what shapes a place and its people through our heroes, events, beliefs, values, fears and aspirations.
Tetun-English Dictionary
Author: Cliff MorrisPublisher:
ISBN: 9780858833081
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 892
Book Description
An Archaic Dictionary: Biographical, Historical, and Mythological
Author: William Ricketts CooperPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Archaeology
Languages : en
Pages : 702
Book Description
Geographical Typology and Linguistic Areas
Author: Osamu HiedaPublisher: John Benjamins Publishing
ISBN: 9027273952
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 329
Book Description
Is Africa a linguistic area (Heine & Leyew 2008)? The present volume consists of sixteen papers highlighting the linguistic geography of Africa, covering, in particular, southern Africa with its Khoisan languages. A wide range of phenomena are discussed to give an overview of the pattern of social, cultural, and linguistic interaction that characterizes Africa's linguistic geography. Most contributors to the volume discuss language contact and areal diffusion in Africa, although some demonstrate, with examples from non-African linguistic data, including Amazonian and European languages, how language contact may lead to structural convergence. Others investigate contact phenomena in social-cultural behavior. The volume makes a large contribution toward bringing generalized theory to data-oriented discussions. It is intended to stimulate further research on contact phenomena in Africa. For sale in all countries except Japan. For customers in Japan: please contact Yushodo Co.
The Khoesan Languages
Author: Rainer VossenPublisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 0700712895
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 530
Book Description
Essential reference for this particular linguistic community, as well as for linguists working on typology and syntax.
A Practical Medical Dictionary ...
Author: Thomas Lathrop StedmanPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Medicine
Languages : en
Pages : 1198
Book Description
Evolution Of Language, The - Proceedings Of The 8th International Conference (Evolang8)
Author: Andrew D M SmithPublisher: World Scientific
ISBN: 9814465682
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 553
Book Description
This volume comprises refereed papers and abstracts of the 8th International Conference on the Evolution of Language (EVOLANG8), held in Utrecht on 14-17 April 2010. As the leading international conference in the field, the biennial EVOLANG meeting is characterized by an invigorating, multidisciplinary approach to the origins and evolution of human language, and brings together researchers from many subject areas, including anthropology, archaeology, biology, cognitive science, computer science, genetics, linguistics, neuroscience, palaeontology, primatology and psychology.The latest theoretical, experimental and modelling research on language evolution is presented in this collection, including contributions from many leading scientists in the field.