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An Outline of Chitonga Grammar
ISBN: 9789982240161 / Angielski / Miękka / 96 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is the fourth in a series of individual publications on Zambian languages and grammar. The intention of the series is to boost the meagre scholarship and availability of educational materials on Zambian languages, which became particularly in urgent in 1996, following the decision of the Zambian government to revert to the policy of using local languages as media of instruction. This volume provides a grammatical sketch of Tonga, a Bantu language spoken in southern Zambia. It is the mother tongue of some 800,000 people. Chapters cover people and dialects, sound systems and orthography,...
This is the fourth in a series of individual publications on Zambian languages and grammar. The intention of the series is to boost the meagre scholar...
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139,20 zł |
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An Outline of Silozi Grammar
ISBN: 9789982241595 / Angielski / Miękka / 120 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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139,20 zł |
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Globalization and the Future of African Languages
ISBN: 9789780668006 / Angielski / Miękka / 475 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Leading scholars of African languages address the many new ways that ICT have relevance to African languages for growth, development and sustenance; while at the same time showing the imperative of facing the future of these languages. The scholars present the challenges of modernity, and suggest means and methods of copying these these through the exploitation of resources. The fifteen contributions are organized in four main parts: ICT & Globalization; Sociolinguistics; Applied Linguistics; and Syntax & Phonology. Francis Ogbokhare is Professor of Linguistics at the University of Ibadan,...
Leading scholars of African languages address the many new ways that ICT have relevance to African languages for growth, development and sustenance; w...
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298,27 zł |
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African Linguistics and the Development of African Communities
ISBN: 9782869781603 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This diverse and comprehensive collection of essays embraces the main discourses in the field of African languages and linguistics. Overall, it argues for the absolute necessity of developing African languages as a condition of socio-economic development. The work further advocates the involvement of all sectors of society in language development efforts, language identification, and the imperative of validating African languages as equal to the colonial languages.
This diverse and comprehensive collection of essays embraces the main discourses in the field of African languages and linguistics. Overall, it argues...
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238,62 zł |
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Language in African Social Interaction: Indirectness in Akan Communication
ISBN: 9781590337837 / Angielski / Miękka / 183 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In African societies, much as plain or direct language is cherished and highly appreciated because of the pragmatic clarity it offers, implicitness, indirectness, vagueness, prolixity, ambiguity and even avoidance are even more cherished and preferred especially when the subject matter of what is being communicated is difficult or face-threatening. Verbal indirection, the communicational strategy in which interactants abstain from directness in order to avoid crises or in order to communicate 'difficulty', and thus make their utterances consistent with face and politeness, is pervasive in...
In African societies, much as plain or direct language is cherished and highly appreciated because of the pragmatic clarity it offers, implicitness, i...
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179,29 zł |
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Phonologie et morphologie du Soninke
ISBN: 9783639032741 / Francuski / Miękka / 332 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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354,20 zł |
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Case in Africa
ISBN: 9780199232826 / Angielski / Twarda / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book provides a typological overview of the different manifestations of grammaticalized case systems in African languages. After defining and distinguishing case systems, Christa Konig begins a thorough analysis of case in roughly 100 African languages and reveals several features, such as tone as a marker for case and the marked-nominative system, which are rare phenomena in other languages of the world. Wherever possible, the author takes into account data from her own substantial and highly regarded field research. The book provides answers to questions such as the following: What is...
This book provides a typological overview of the different manifestations of grammaticalized case systems in African languages. After defining and dis...
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894,03 zł |
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Masomo YA Kisasa: Contemporary Readings in Swahili
ISBN: 9780300047066 / Angielski / Twarda / 480 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This intermediate-level textbook is designed to enable students to read and understand authentic texts in Swahili, the most widely spoken language in East and Central Africa. The book is unique among available Swahili readers in its use of contemporary passages, in its inclusion of texts on a range of topics from cooking and courtship manuals to politics and poetry, in the comprehensiveness of its grammatical and cultural notes, and in its emphasis on the development of communicative skills. Each of the lessons begins with a reading, which is accompanied by glosses in Swahili that...
This intermediate-level textbook is designed to enable students to read and understand authentic texts in Swahili, the most widely spoken language in ...
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571,22 zł |
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Zulu names
ISBN: 9781869140038 / Angielski / Miękka / 16 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Does eThekwini mean place of the lagoon or place of the single testicle? How are the names of dogs used to accuse a neighbour of witchcraft? What is the origin of Jamludi? Is the Zulu isibongo the same as a surname? What influence do scholars have in the process of naming?
Does eThekwini mean place of the lagoon or place of the single testicle? How are the names of dogs used to accuse a neighbour of witchcraft? What is t...
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121,64 zł |
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The Other Mathematics: Language and Logic in Egyptian and in General
ISBN: 9781593333690 / Angielski / Twarda / 396 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book is about attribute mathematics, in which nothing ever gets bigger or smaller. More specifically, it is about some of what attribute mathematics can do toward the full digitalization of thought and language. The matter is relevant not only directly to linguistics and philosophy but also indirectly to electrical engineering and neuroscience. The twenty-first century will be that of the brain. Human existence will gradually be turned inside out as tools such as genetics and Boolean algebra allow us to see ourselves function on the smallest scale while it is happening.
This book is about attribute mathematics, in which nothing ever gets bigger or smaller. More specifically, it is about some of what attribute mathemat...
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985,50 zł |
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A History of Afro-Hispanic Language: Five Centuries, Five Continents
ISBN: 9780521115582 / Angielski / Miękka / 376 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The African slave trade brought African languages into contact with Spanish and Portuguese beginning in the fifteenth century, and resulted in the Africans' gradual acquisition of these languages. John Lipski describes the major forms of Afro-Hispanic language found in the Iberian Peninsula and Latin America over the last 500 years. Separating legitimate forms of Afro-Hispanic expression from those that result from racist stereotyping, he shows how contact with the African diaspora has had a permanent impact on Spanish today.
The African slave trade brought African languages into contact with Spanish and Portuguese beginning in the fifteenth century, and resulted in the Afr...
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228,66 zł |
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Phonological Rules and Dialect Variation: A Study of the Phonology of Lumasaaba
ISBN: 9780521290630 / Angielski / Miękka / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Dr Brown examines the functions of different types of rules in the phonological component of a generative grammar with examples especially from Lumasaaba, a Bantu language of eastern Uganda.
Dr Brown examines the functions of different types of rules in the phonological component of a generative grammar with examples especially from Lumasa...
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205,79 zł |
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Tonga Proverbs for Teaching and Preaching
ISBN: 9789990876109 / Angielski / Miękka / 204 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Very little has been written about the language and culture of the lakeside Tonga people of Malawi. This collection of Tonga proverbs with translations and explanations illustrates the moral and religious values, wisdom and philosophy of the Tonga people inculcated in the language. The selection is an effort to kick-start interest and further research in this language and culture.
Very little has been written about the language and culture of the lakeside Tonga people of Malawi. This collection of Tonga proverbs with translation...
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203,85 zł |
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A Dictionary of English and Swahili Equivalent Proverbs
ISBN: 9783639165203 / Angielski / Miękka / 516 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. English and Swahili have become international languages which are spoken and taught all over the world. Learning a language without its culture can make one have some problems communicating to native speakers of that language. This book synthesizes English and Swahili cultures by comprehensively analysing and interpreting the equivalent proverbs found in both languages. The proverbs from the two cultures were analysed alphabetically with their meanings and uses. This dictionary is a valuable tool to all Scholars of African Studies, African Languages, African Literature and African...
English and Swahili have become international languages which are spoken and taught all over the world. Learning a language without its culture can ma...
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354,20 zł |
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A Grammar of Kham
ISBN: 9780521120517 / Angielski / Miękka / 504 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is a comprehensive grammatical documentation of Kham, a previously undescribed language from west-central Nepal, belonging to the Tibeto-Burman language family. The language has an unusual structure, containing a number of characteristics that are of immediate relevance to current work on linguistic theory, including split ergativity and its demonstrative system. Its verb morphology has implications for the understanding of the history of the entire Tibeto-Burman family. The book, based on extensive fieldwork, provides copious examples throughout the exposition. It will be a valuable...
This is a comprehensive grammatical documentation of Kham, a previously undescribed language from west-central Nepal, belonging to the Tibeto-Burman l...
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251,53 zł |
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English-Kinyarwanda Dictionary: Kinyarwanda-English
ISBN: 9781449527488 / Angielski / Miękka Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Kinyarwanda is the native language of Rwanda. The country of Rwanda is quickly becoming a major tourist destination. One can visit the mountain gorillas, Akagera Game Park, and Nyungwe Rain Forest. This dictionary is a useful guide to tourists, as well as, long term residents or citizens. This book includes frequently used phrases, a verb conjugation table, and a pronunciation guide. This is in addition to the english-kinyarwanda and kinyarwanda-english translation of over 4000 words.
Kinyarwanda is the native language of Rwanda. The country of Rwanda is quickly becoming a major tourist destination. One can visit the mountain gorill...
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56,29 zł |
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English-Swahili-French Dictionary: Kiswahili-Kifaransa-Kiingereza Français-Kiswahili-Anglais
ISBN: 9781449971274 / Angielski / Miękka / 306 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Swahili is spoken by over 50 million people. Of that group, the most common second language is French. Thus, this dictionary is a handy tool for anyone living or traveling in Africa where Swahili and French are widely spoken. It contains a section on frequently used words and phrases, a pronunciation guide, a verb conjugation table, and some interesting Swahili proverbs. This, of course, is in addition to over 4000 English words translated into Swahili and French.
Swahili is spoken by over 50 million people. Of that group, the most common second language is French. Thus, this dictionary is a handy tool for anyon...
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60,32 zł |
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Practical Guide to Understanding Ciyawo
ISBN: 9789990887853 / Angielski / Miękka / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A Practical Guide to Understanding Ciyawo has been developed over fourteen years and systematically explains for the novice the important aspects of Ciyawo grammar for effective communication. A practical grammar guide, the instruction is accessible, giving the basics of pronunciation, to building verb tenses, to ways of combining the different elements of the language in order to form sentences.
A Practical Guide to Understanding Ciyawo has been developed over fourteen years and systematically explains for the novice the important aspects of C...
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238,62 zł |
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Initia Amharica: An Introduction to Spoken Amharic
ISBN: 9781108013284 / Angielski / Miękka / 538 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. C. H. Armbruster (1874 1957) was a civil servant in the Anglo-Sudan government and a linguist specialising in African languages. After visiting Ethiopia on diplomatic missions in 1906 and 1907 Armbruster published this three-volume reference work on colloquial, spoken Amharic between 1908 and 1920. Armbruster's study of Amharic was one of the first to be written in English, and exemplifies the shift among linguists away from the formal, classics-based style of earlier reference grammars towards a focus on colloquial speech and communication. The examples are drawn from direct knowledge of the...
C. H. Armbruster (1874 1957) was a civil servant in the Anglo-Sudan government and a linguist specialising in African languages. After visiting Ethiop...
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373,12 zł |
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Let's Speak Twi: A Proficiency Course in Akan Language and Culture
ISBN: 9781575866048 / Angielski / Miękka / 150 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Let's Speak Twi is an introductory language-learning textbook for speakers of English and other languages who seek proficiency in Akan Twi, the most widely used and understood native language of Ghana. Included in the book are several practice exercises and activities; an extensive range of culturally relevant topics and dialogues; lists of idiomatic, colloquial, and euphemistic expressions; a reference glossary; and tips on culturally appropriate behavior. Let's Speak Twi is an introductory language-learning textbook for speakers of English and other languages who seek proficiency in Akan Twi, ... |
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99,79 zł |
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