Author: Hein van der Voort Publisher: Walter de Gruyter ISBN: 3110197286 Category : Language Arts & Disciplines Languages : en Pages : 1066
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This work contains a comprehensive description of Kwaza, which is an endangered and unclassified indigenous language of Southern Rondônia, Brazil. The Kwaza language, also known in the literature as Koaiá, is spoken by around 25 people today. Until recently, our knowledge of Kwaza was based on only three short word lists, from 1938, 1943 and 1984. Like the language, the culture and the history of its speakers are undocumented. The Kwaza people as an ethnic group have been decimated by increasing ecological, physical, social and cultural pressure from Western civilisation since contact in the past century. This is the situation for many indigenous peoples of Rondônia and of the Amazon region in general. Linguists expect that the majority of these peoples will cease to exist as distinct language communities during the coming decades. The present work is intended as a contribution to the documentation and preservation of the languages of the Amazon basin. In this respect, Kwaza has represents an especially urgent case in view of its undetermined classification, the lack of documentation and its endangered status. This work is based on the author ́s personal fieldwork conducted between 1995 and 2002, and it consists of three parts. Part I contains a thorough description of the phonology and morphosyntax of the language and a concise overview of its social, cultural and historical context. Part II contains a diverse selection of transcribed and translated texts with interlinear morphological analyses. Part III is a dictionary of Kwaza, including many examples and an English-Kwaza register. This complete description is of interest to linguists in general, scholars of South American languages in particular, and anthropologists and historians interested in the Guaporé region.
Author: University of Botswana. Department of African Languages and Literature Publisher: African Books Collective ISBN: Category : Foreign Language Study Languages : en Pages : 94
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This is the second in a series in Setswana language, literature and culture, providing a uniquely comprehensive and systematic description of the grammar of Setswana, particularly at sentence level. It is based in the Standard Generative Theory of 1965, and deals with most aspects of the grammar: basic structure rules and rules which are lexical, transformational, semantic and phonological. All new terms and concepts are systematically explained.
Author: Salomon Ykealo Publisher: Reise Know-How Verlag Peter Rump ISBN: 3831753180 Category : Travel Languages : de Pages : 180
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Dieser alltagstaugliche Sprachführer Kauderwelsch Tigrinya ermöglicht einen einfachen Einstieg in die von rund 9 Millionen Menschen gesprochene Sprache. Tigrinisch, wie sie auch bezeichnet wird, ist die Sprache, die die Schwesternationen Eritrea und Äthiopien, insbesondere die Verwaltungsregion Tigray, trotz aller Differenzen miteinander verbindet. Dabei ist diese einzigartige Sprache definitiv eine Herausforderung: So zeichnet sich Tigrinya nicht nur durch ihr umfangreiches Schriftsystem mit etwa 200 Schriftzeichen, sondern auch ihre fehlende Standardisierung aus, sodass keine offizielle Rechtschreibung existiert. Die Sprache hält jedoch neben einigen Herausforderungen auch viele Möglichkeiten bereit. Vor Ort dient sie als Schlüssel zur großen Gruppe der Muttersprachler, doch auch in Europa ist sie aufgrund der kritischen Lage in Eritrea und der damit einhergehenden wachsenden Community an Eritreer:innen in europäischen Ländern ein wertvolles Mittel zur Verständigung. Der seit 1980 in Deutschland lebende Autor Salomon Ykealo kommt aus Eritrea und ist Muttersprachler. Er beschäftigt sich schon lange mit der tigrinischen Sprache und Literatur, aber auch mit anderen semitischen Sprachen wie Amharisch und Hebräisch. Auf Basis seines seltenen sprachlichen Hintergrunds ist es ihm mit diesem Buch gelungen, einen Sprachführer für eine Sprache zu schreiben, für die es bisher auf Deutsch weder Lehrwerke noch Grammatiken gibt. Auch eine offizielle Umschrift existierte bislang nicht, sodass eigens für diesen Sprachführer in enger redaktioneller Abstimmung eine Lautschrift entwickelt wurde, die Lernende beim Sprechen dieser so fremden, aber einzigartigen Sprache unterstützen soll. All das macht den Kauderwelsch Tigrinya zu einem einzigartigen Pionierwerk unter den Sprachführern.
Author: Richard Hudson Publisher: Cambridge University Press ISBN: 1139491652 Category : Language Arts & Disciplines Languages : en Pages :
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Word grammar is a theory of language structure and is based on the assumption that language, and indeed the whole of knowledge, is a network, and that virtually all of knowledge is learned. It combines the psychological insights of cognitive linguistics with the rigour of more formal theories. This textbook spans a broad range of topics from prototypes, activation and default inheritance to the details of syntactic, morphological and semantic structure. It introduces elementary ideas from cognitive science and uses them to explain the structure of language including a survey of English grammar.
Author: Publisher: Learning Express (NY) ISBN: 9781576854013 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 244
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Focuses on the art of successful written communication. Presents exercises for improving vocabulary, pronunciation, and spelling, as well as understanding context, definitions, word parts, denotation and connotation, synonyms, and antonyms. Includes pre- and post-tests and answers, crossword puzzles for each word list, and an appendix of study tips for retaining definitions and passing standardized tests.
Author: Lexus (Firm) Publisher: ISBN: Category : Foreign Language Study Languages : sw Pages : 196
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With its distinct phrasebook format, Rough Guides takes on the lingua franca of much of East and Central Africa. Besides assisting in communication, travelers will find useful tips for making oneself understood on public transport and dozens of other helpful and accessible hints.
Author: Chuo Kikuu cha Dar es Salaam. Taasisi ya Uchunguzi wa Kiswahili Publisher: Institute of Kiswahili Research University of Dar Es Salaam ISBN: Category : Foreign Language Study Languages : sw Pages : 912
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This massive authoritative Swahili dictionary, is the most definitive and comprehensive in existence. It has taken a team of lexicographers and academics fourteen years to prepare, with the support of the Institute of Kiswahili Research in Dar es Salaam. The last comparable edition was in 1939, and was primarily intended to help the user to comprehend English texts. The dictionary records new words and meanings of words which the language has acquired since 1939; and provides lexicographical information needed by current dictionary users.There are more than 50,000 entries, with an attempt to give every English word an equivalent in Swahili, or otherwise a phrase; and the vocabulary covers both general and specialized language. Guidance is provided on use and connotation, word formation and syntax, and derivatives and compounds of a headword are explicitly shown in each entry. The full information and arrangement given for each entry is: headword, homographs, wordclass, alternative spelling of a headword, cross-reference, gloss, definition, subject label, usage label, regional label, senses separated by numbers, illustrative examples, compounds, derivatives, and adjectival complementation.
Author: Ethel O Ashton Publisher: Hassell Street Press ISBN: 9781015182608 Category : Languages : en Pages : 428
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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
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