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Book Synopsis A Conversational Analysis of Acholi by : Maren Rüsch
Download or read book A Conversational Analysis of Acholi written by Maren Rüsch and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2020-09-25 with total page 375 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Conversational Analysis of Acholi elucidates various interaction strategies for the Nilotic language Acholi. Based on detailed examples, Maren Rüsch links the structural organization of Acholi conversations to cultural features such as politeness, language socialization and narrations. Despite common claims of universality regarding the structuring of human languages by previous authors, the study shows that some Acholi strategies differ from other languages. The verbal and non-verbal practices displayed give an in-depth insight into speakers’ cognitive participation during interaction. On the basis of in-situ research in Uganda, including the collection of rich audio- and video-material, this volume provides an innovative approach to language documentation and description and constitutes a thorough conversation analytic study of an African language.
Book Synopsis A Grammar of Lango by : Michael Noonan
Download or read book A Grammar of Lango written by Michael Noonan and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2011-05-12 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The series builds an extensive collection of high quality descriptions of languages around the world. Each volume offers a comprehensive grammatical description of a single language together with fully analyzed sample texts and, if appropriate, a word list and other relevant information which is available on the language in question. There are no restrictions as to language family or area, and although special attention is paid to hitherto undescribed languages, new and valuable treatments of better known languages are also included. No theoretical model is imposed on the authors; the only criterion is a high standard of scientific quality. To discuss your book idea or submit a proposal, please contact Birgit Sievert.
Book Synopsis Cognitive Foundations of Grammar by : Bernd Heine
Download or read book Cognitive Foundations of Grammar written by Bernd Heine and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1997-11-27 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The main function of language is to convey meaning. Therefore, argues Bernd Heine in these pages, the question of why language is structured the way it is must first of all be answered with reference to this function. Linguistic explanations offered in terms of other exponents of language structure (for example, syntax) are likely to highlight peripheral or epi-phenomenal--rather than central--characteristics of language structure. Heine provides a solid introductory treatment of the ways in which language structure (that is, grammar) and language usage can be explained with reference to the processes underlying human conceptualization and communication. Exploring an area of linguistics that has developed only recently and is rapidly expanding, Cognitive Foundations of Grammar will appeal to students of linguistics, psychology, and anthropology, especially those interested in grammaticalization processess.
Author :Institute of African Studies University of Cologne Bernd Heine Professor of Linguistics Publisher :Oxford University Press, USA ISBN 13 :0198026285 Total Pages :198 pages Book Rating :4.1/5 (98 download)
Book Synopsis Cognitive Foundations of Grammar by : Institute of African Studies University of Cologne Bernd Heine Professor of Linguistics
Download or read book Cognitive Foundations of Grammar written by Institute of African Studies University of Cologne Bernd Heine Professor of Linguistics and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1997-10-31 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The main function of language is to convey meaning. The question of why language is structured the way it is, Heine here argues, has therefore to be answered first of all with reference to this function. Linguistic explanations in terms of other exponents of language structure, e.g. of syntax, are likely to highlight peripheral or epi-phenomenal rather than central characteristics of language structure. This book uses basic findings on grammaticalization processes to describe the role of cognitive forces in shaping grammar. It provides students with an introductory treatment of a field of linguistics that has developed recently and is rapidly expanding.
Book Synopsis Uganda by : Great Britain. Colonial Office
Download or read book Uganda written by Great Britain. Colonial Office and published by . This book was released on 1958 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Imitating Christ in Magwi by : Todd D. Whitmore
Download or read book Imitating Christ in Magwi written by Todd D. Whitmore and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2019-01-24 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Imitating Christ in Magwi: An Anthropological Theology achieves two things. First, focusing on indigenous Roman Catholics in northern Uganda and South Sudan, it is a detailed ethnography of how a community sustains hope in the midst of one of the most brutal wars in recent memory, that between the Ugandan government and the rebel Lord's Resistance Army. Whitmore finds that the belief that the spirit of Jesus Christ can enter into a person through such devotions as the Adoration of the Eucharist gave people the wherewithal to carry out striking works of mercy during the conflict, and, like Jesus of Nazareth, to risk their lives in the process. Traditional devotion leveraged radical witness. Second, Gospel Mimesis is a call for theology itself to be a practice of imitating Christ. Such practice requires both living among people on the far margins of society – Whitmore carried out his fieldwork in Internally Displaced Persons camps – and articulating a theology that foregrounds the daily, if extraordinary, lives of people. Here, ethnography is not an add-on to theological concepts; rather, ethnography is a way of doing theology, and includes what anthropologists call “thick description” of lives of faith. Unlike theology that draws only upon abstract concepts, what Whitmore calls “anthropological theology” is consonant with the fact that God did indeed become human. It may well involve risk to one's own life – Whitmore had to leave Uganda for three years after writing an article critical of the President – but that is what imitatio Christi sometimes requires.
Download or read book Vol. 5 written by Paul Newman and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2021-03-22 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No detailed description available for "Vol. 5".
Book Synopsis World Lexicon of Grammaticalization by : Tania Kouteva
Download or read book World Lexicon of Grammaticalization written by Tania Kouteva and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2019-08-08 with total page 647 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on analysis of more than 1,000 languages, this volume reconstructs more than 500 processes of grammatical change in the languages of the world.
Book Synopsis Acholi for Beginners by : Festo Okidi
Download or read book Acholi for Beginners written by Festo Okidi and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Acholi Intellectuals by : Patrick William Otim
Download or read book Acholi Intellectuals written by Patrick William Otim and published by Ohio University Press. This book was released on 2024-02-13 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Patrick William Otim argues that the Acholi people of northern Uganda, who helped Europeans spread colonial rule and Christianity, were far more politically savvy than previously understood.
Book Synopsis The Grammar of Inalienability by : Hilary Chappell
Download or read book The Grammar of Inalienability written by Hilary Chappell and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2011-08-25 with total page 948 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Research on language universals and research on linguistic typology are not antagonistic, but rather complementary approaches to the same fundamental problem: the relationship between the amazing diversity of languages and the profound unity of language. Only if the true extent of typological divergence is recognized can universal laws be formulated. In recent years it has become more and more evident that a broad range of languages of radically different types must be carefully analyzed before general theories are possible. Typological comparison of this kind is now at the centre of linguistic research. The series empirical approaches to language typology presents a platform for contributions of all kinds to this rapidly developing field. The distinctive feature of the series is its markedly empirical orientation. All conclusions to be reached are the result of a deepened study of empirical data. General problems are focused on from the perspective of individual languages, language families, language groups, or language samples. Special emphasis is given to the analysis of phenomena from little known languages, which shed new light on long-standing problems in general linguistics. The series is open to contributions from different theoretical persuasions. It thus reflects the methodological pluralism that characterizes the present situation. Care is taken that all volumes be accessible to every linguist and, moreover, to every reader specializing in some domain related to human language. A deeper understanding of human language in general, based on a detailed analysis of typological diversity among individual languages, is fundamental for many sciences, not only for linguists. Therefore, this series has proven to be indispensable in every research library, be it public or private, which has a specialization in language and the language sciences. To discuss your book idea or submit a proposal, please contact Birgit Sievert.
Book Synopsis A Grammar of Ma'di by : Mairi Blackings
Download or read book A Grammar of Ma'di written by Mairi Blackings and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2011-07-22 with total page 752 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This grammar provides one of the most detailed accounts available of the syntax of a Nilo-Saharan language. It fully describes some of the unusual characteristics of Ma'di, including the different word orders associated with different tenses, the particle-based modal and focus systems, the full range of adverbials, and the structure and meaning of the noun phrase. The grammar also describes the phonetics, phonology, morphology, and aspects of the lexicon of the language.
Book Synopsis The Non-Bantu Languages of North-Eastern Africa by : A. N. Tucker
Download or read book The Non-Bantu Languages of North-Eastern Africa written by A. N. Tucker and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-09-22 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1956, this volume presents a survey of the non-Bantu languages in the area extending south of the Sahara from Lake Chad to the Indian Ocean, together withj those of South Africa. The arrangement is primarily linguistic, in as much as larger units which show some indisputable affinities are where possible treated contiguously. Languages in the centre of the total area are discussed first, followed by thos ein the west, north, east and finally south.
Book Synopsis African Language Materials Available in the Collection of Boston University's African Studies Library by : Boston University. African Studies Library
Download or read book African Language Materials Available in the Collection of Boston University's African Studies Library written by Boston University. African Studies Library and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Namibian material: Herero 2; Kwanyama 3; Lozi 5; //Xu 2; Nama 0; Ndonga 0.
Book Synopsis Modality in Grammar and Discourse by : Joan L. Bybee
Download or read book Modality in Grammar and Discourse written by Joan L. Bybee and published by John Benjamins Publishing. This book was released on 1995-01-01 with total page 585 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume brings together a collection of 18 papers that look into the expression of modality in the grammars of natural languages, with an emphasis on its manifestations in naturally occurring discourse. Though the individual contributions reflect a diversity of languages, of synchronic and diachronic foci, and of theoretical orientations all within the broad domain of functional linguistics they nonetheless converge around a number of key issues: the relationship between 'mood' and 'modality'; the delineation of modal categories and their nomenclature; the grounding of modality in interactive discourse; the elusive category 'irrealis'; and the relationship of modal notions and categories to other categories of grammar.
Download or read book Morphosyntax written by William Croft and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2022-08-04 with total page 725 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Taking a functional approach, this book provides a thorough overview of Morphosyntax, and sets out a framework for syntactic constructions.
Book Synopsis Anthropological Linguistics by : Andrea Hollington
Download or read book Anthropological Linguistics written by Andrea Hollington and published by John Benjamins Publishing Company. This book was released on 2024-02-15 with total page 501 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection presents new research on key topics in anthropological linguistics, with a focus on African languages. While Africanist linguists have long been concerned with sociocultural aspects of language structure and use, no comprehensive volume dedicated to the anthropological linguistics of Africa has yet been published. This volume seeks to fill this gap. The chapters address a broad range of topics in anthropological linguistics, including classic themes such as spatial reference, color, kin terms, and emotion, as well as emerging interests in the linguistic expression of personhood, sociality, and language ideology. All contributions are based on original empirical research and present insights into African language practices from a sociocultural perspective. The volume showcases research on dozens of African languages spoken across the continent, with particular emphasis on languages of East Africa. This book will be of interest to areal specialists as well as to anthropological linguists worldwide.
