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Computer-Mediated Communication for Linguistics and Literacy: Technology and Natural Language Education
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 394

Computer-Mediated Communication for Linguistics and Literacy: Technology and Natural Language Education

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2009-07-31
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  • Publisher: IGI Global

"This book investigates the way humans communicate through the medium of information technology gadgets, focusing on the linguistic, literacy and educational aspects of computer-mediated communication"--Provided by publisher.

A dictionary and grammatical sketch of Dagaare
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 365

A dictionary and grammatical sketch of Dagaare

This book presents an extensive dictionary of the Dagaare language (Niger-Congo; Gur (Mabia)), focussing on the dialect of Central Dagaare, spoken in the Upper West region of Ghana. The dictionary provides comprehensive definitions, example sentences and the English translations, phonetic forms, inflected forms, etymological notes as well as information dialectal variation. This work is intended as a resource for linguists, but also as a resource for Dagaare speakers. Also included is a grammatical sketch of Dagaare contributed by Prof. Adams Bodomo.

The Globalization of Foreign Investment in Africa
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 132

The Globalization of Foreign Investment in Africa

The 21st Century era of globalization has opened up many investment alternatives for Africa. This book examines the role of FDI in Africa's socio-economic development with reference to Europe and two economic powers in Asia - China and India.

Let's Speak Twi
  • Language: en

Let's Speak Twi

Let's Speak Twi is an introductory textbook for those seeking proficiency in Akan/Twi, the most widely used and understood native language of Ghana. This book is a systematic introduction to Akan and Ghanaian culture through the language learning process. Included are exercises and activities that require active participation on the part of the learner. The book also serves as a useful companion for academics and others embarking on field-trips to Ghana and neighboring countries where Twi is spoken.

The Routledge Handbook of African Linguistics
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 647

The Routledge Handbook of African Linguistics

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2018-03-09
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  • Publisher: Routledge

The Handbook of African Linguistics provides a holistic coverage of the key themes, subfields, approaches and practical application to the vast areas subsumable under African linguistics that will serve researchers working across the wide continuum in the field. Established and emerging scholars of African languages who are active and current in their fields are brought together, each making use of data from a linguistic group in Africa to explicate a chosen theme within their area of expertise, and illustrate the practice of the discipline in the continent.

Handbook of the Mabia Languages of West Africa
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 398

Handbook of the Mabia Languages of West Africa

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2020
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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Theory and description in African Linguistics
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 788

Theory and description in African Linguistics

The papers in this volume were presented at the 47th Annual Conference on African Linguistics at UC Berkeley in 2016. The papers offer new descriptions of African languages and propose novel theoretical analyses of them. The contributions span topics in phonetics, phonology, syntax, semantics, and pragmatics and reflect the typological and genetic diversity of languages in Africa. Four papers in the volume examine Areal Features and Linguistic Reconstruction in Africa, and were presented at a special workshop on this topic held alongside the general session of ACAL.

The Structure of Dagaare
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 159

The Structure of Dagaare

This monograph covers basic aspects of the phonology, morphology, syntax and semantics of Dagaare.

The Blacks of Premodern China
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 208

The Blacks of Premodern China

Premodern Chinese described a great variety of the peoples they encountered as "black." The earliest and most frequent of these encounters were with their Southeast Asian neighbors, specifically the Malayans. But by the midimperial times of the seventh through seventeenth centuries C.E., exposure to peoples from Africa, chiefly slaves arriving from the area of modern Somalia, Kenya, and Tanzania, gradually displaced the original Asian "blacks" in Chinese consciousness. In The Blacks of Premodern China, Don J. Wyatt presents the previously unexamined story of the earliest Chinese encounters with this succession of peoples they have historically regarded as black. A series of maritime expediti...

The Fuss
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 102

The Fuss

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2018-12-16
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  • Publisher: Unknown

The Fuss is a wonderful harvest of poems from the pen of a budding poet. A wonderful collection of over 40-odd poems "prescribed for a daily usage." The book covers many themes from various concepts of life and personal experiences. It also exhibits a satirical approach as a re-action towards those life experiences. The book is vividly showcasing various ways in which divergent societies live and re- act to each other and suggests possible ways for diversity.Mfilinge Nyalusi was born in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. At the age of 14, he discovered his passion for theater, literature and Music, took acting lessons, participated in plays and also worked as Radio Personality for Radio Africa in Vienna Austria. He studied literature at the University of Vienna and he is currently working on several book projects, writing essays and lyrical texts, as well as short stories and prose. He is also an active member of Vienna African Writers (VAW) Club, and also contributes to the Daworo Newsletter regularly, VAW's quarterly publication.