African Languages/langues Africaines - Volume 2 1976

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.

List of contents

1. Le Champ Sémantique de Thème 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. Kolá, Tpalá, ou Kpalá? 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. Ẹdo (Bini) in the Polyglotta Africana 11. Review Article, Dictionary of the Nupe Language 1914, 1969.

About the author

P. Ak?j?obi Nwachukwu

Product details

• Authors: P Ak& Nwachukwu, P. Ak¿j¿obi Nwachukwu, P. Akujuobi Nwachukwu
• Assisted by: P Ak& Nwachukwu (Editor), P. Akụjụobi Nwachukwu (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 24.09.2019
• EAN: 9781138099432
• ISBN: 978-1-138-09943-2
• No. of pages: 160
• Series: Linguistic Surveys of Africa
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Geography, Linguistics, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Grammar & Punctuation, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Syntax, Grammar, syntax & morphology, Grammar, syntax and morphology, Regional Geography