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Concise Encyclopedia of Languages of the World

Author :
Publisher : Elsevier
ISBN 13 : 0080877753
Total Pages : 1320 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (88 download)

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Download or read book Concise Encyclopedia of Languages of the World written by and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2010-04-06 with total page 1320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Concise Encyclopedia of Languages of the World is an authoritative single-volume reference resource comprehensively describing the major languages and language families of the world. It will provide full descriptions of the phonology, semantics, morphology, and syntax of the world’s major languages, giving insights into their structure, history and development, sounds, meaning, structure, and language family, thereby both highlighting their diversity for comparative study, and contextualizing them according to their genetic relationships and regional distribution. Based on the highly acclaimed and award-winning Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics, this volume will provide an edited collection of almost 400 articles throughout which a representative subset of the world's major languages are unfolded and explained in up-to-date terminology and authoritative interpretation, by the leading scholars in linguistics. In highlighting the diversity of the world’s languages — from the thriving to the endangered and extinct — this work will be the first point of call to any language expert interested in this huge area. No other single volume will match the extent of language coverage or the authority of the contributors of Concise Encyclopedia of Languages of the World. Extraordinary breadth of coverage: a comprehensive selection of just under 400 articles covering the world's major languages, language families, and classification structures, issues and dispute Peerless quality: based on 20 years of academic development on two editions of the leading reference resource in linguistics, Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics Unique authorship: 350 of the world's leading experts brought together for one purpose Exceptional editorial selection, review and validation process: Keith Brown and Sarah Ogilvie act as first-tier guarantors for article quality and coverage Compact and affordable: one-volume format makes this suitable for personal study at any institution interested in areal, descriptive, or comparative language study - and at a fraction of the cost of the full encyclopedia

Report on the Unification of the Shona Dialects

Author : Clement Martyn Doke
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 154 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Report on the Unification of the Shona Dialects written by Clement Martyn Doke and published by . This book was released on 1931 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Report on the unification of the Shona dialects

Author : Clement Martyn Doke
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 156 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (253 download)

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Download or read book Report on the unification of the Shona dialects written by Clement Martyn Doke and published by . This book was released on 1931 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Shona and Ndebele of Southern Rhodesia

Author : Hilda Kuper
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 131530645X
Total Pages : 182 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (153 download)

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Book Synopsis The Shona and Ndebele of Southern Rhodesia by : Hilda Kuper

Download or read book The Shona and Ndebele of Southern Rhodesia written by Hilda Kuper and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-02-03 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Routledge is proud to be re-issuing this landmark series in association with the International African Institute. The series, published between 1950 and 1977, brings together a wealth of previously un-co-ordinated material on the ethnic groupings and social conditions of African peoples. Concise, critical and (for its time) accurate, the Ethnographic Survey contains sections as follows: Physical Environment Linguistic Data Demography History & Traditions of Origin Nomenclature Grouping Cultural Features: Religion, Witchcraft, Birth, Initiation, Burial Social & Political Organization: Kinship, Marriage, Inheritance, Slavery, Land Tenure, Warfare & Justice Economy & Trade Domestic Architecture Each of the 50 volumes will be available to buy individually, and these are organized into regional sub-groups: East Central Africa, North-Eastern Africa, Southern Africa, West Central Africa, Western Africa, and Central Africa Belgian Congo. The volumes are supplemented with maps, available to view on routledge.com or available as a pdf from the publishers.

Shona

Author : Daniel Chikwava
Publisher : CreateSpace
ISBN 13 : 9781452871646
Total Pages : 104 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (716 download)

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Download or read book Shona written by Daniel Chikwava and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2010-05-31 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduction: Shona or chiShona is the most widely spoken language in Zimbabwe after English. It is also generally understood by most people living in parts of western Mozampique (Tawara & Tewe dialects), northern South Africa and eastern Botswana (Kalanga & Venda dialects), and southern Zambia (Tonga dialect). The standard or mostly spoken Shona dialect is the Karanga, but each Zimbabwean province speaks it's own distinct dialect as shown below: Manicaland speaks Manyika and Ndau dialects. Masvingo and Midlands speaks Karanga/Kalanga and Venda dialects. Mashonaland East speaks Zezuru dialect. Mashonaland Central and Mashonaland West speaks Korekore dialect. Matebeleland North and South speak Ndebele, but understand standard Shona. Harare and Bulawayo metropolitans have people who speak all Shona dialects. Concept: Are you dating or married to someone from Zimbabwe? Does one of your parents speak Shona but you don't? Have you always wanted to learn Shona but can't find the right book? Have you tried learning Shona before but simply gave up? Do you already speak Shona but would like to improve your grammar knowledge? Do you dislike learning Shona by only memorizing phrases? Do you want to surprise your Zimbabwean friends and in-laws with some Shona phrases? Were you born or lived in Zimbabwe but somehow missed the opportunity to learn Shona? If you answered "YES" to any of these questions, then this book is for you. This book's concept is designed such that it makes Shona easy and fun to learn. It not only covers the most important elements of learning Shona, but also explains to you it's logic and the rules (grammar) clearly. Most chapters conclude with some usage examples or phrases to reinforce the rules and give you some Shona speaking ability immediately. This book also contains vocabulary appendix, proverbs and idioms. Use them to increase your Shona vocabulary quickly. Don't wait! Discover your Shona voice today!

Dictionary of Languages

Author : Andrew Dalby
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1408102145
Total Pages : 754 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (81 download)

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Download or read book Dictionary of Languages written by Andrew Dalby and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2015-10-28 with total page 754 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Covering the political, social and historical background of each language, Dictionary of Languages offers a unique insight into human culture and communication. Every language with official status is included, as well as all those that have a written literature and 175 'minor' languages with special historical or anthropological interest. We see how, with the rapidly increasing uniformity of our culture as media's influence spreads, more languages have become extinct or are under threat of extinction. The text is highlighted by maps and charts of scripts, while proverbs, anecdotes and quotations reveal the features that make a language unique.

Zimbabwe

Author : Sean Sheehan
Publisher : Marshall Cavendish
ISBN 13 : 9780761417064
Total Pages : 116 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (17 download)

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Download or read book Zimbabwe written by Sean Sheehan and published by Marshall Cavendish. This book was released on 2004 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the geography, history, government, economy, people, and culture of Zimbabwe.

Essays on Shona Dialects

Author : George Fortune
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9788290954265
Total Pages : 182 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (542 download)

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Download or read book Essays on Shona Dialects written by George Fortune and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Language Matters in Contemporary Zimbabwe

Author : Collen Sabao
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 104003974X
Total Pages : 295 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (4 download)

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Download or read book Language Matters in Contemporary Zimbabwe written by Collen Sabao and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2024-06-17 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Speaking to a broader global preoccupation with the state of languages and language development, this book considers issues surrounding the diverse languages, linguistic communities, and cultures of Zimbabwe. Reflecting on Shona, Xitsonga, Sotho, Xhosa, Tjwao, Nambya, IsiNdebele, Nyanja, Tshivenda, English and Braille, the book uncovers both the internal and external factors that impact language structures, language use and language ideologies across the country. The book considers how colonial legacies and contemporary language domination and minoritisation have led to language endangerment. It considers the fate of communities whose languages are marginalised and, in the process, poses questions on what can and should be done to preserve Zimbabwean languages. The authors' offerings range across subjects as diverse as music, linguistic innovation, education, human rights, literature, language politics and language policy, in order to build a rich and nuanced picture of language matters in the country. Coming at a critical moment of increasing mobility, migration, cultural plurality and globalisation, this book will be an important resource for researchers across African literature, linguistics, communication, policy and politics.

The Social and Political History of Southern Africa's Languages

Author : Tomasz Kamusella
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137015934
Total Pages : 412 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (37 download)

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Book Synopsis The Social and Political History of Southern Africa's Languages by : Tomasz Kamusella

Download or read book The Social and Political History of Southern Africa's Languages written by Tomasz Kamusella and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-11-21 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the first to offer an interdisciplinary and comprehensive reference work on the often-marginalised languages of southern Africa. The authors analyse a range of different concepts and questions, including language and sociality, social and political history, multilingual government, and educational policies. In doing so, they present significant original research, ensuring that the work will remain a key reference point for the subject. This ambitious and wide-ranging edited collection will appeal to students and scholars of southern African languages, sociolinguistics, history and politics.

Report on the Unification of the Shona Dialects, Etc. With Maps.

Author : Clement Martyn DOKE
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 156 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (559 download)

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Book Synopsis Report on the Unification of the Shona Dialects, Etc. With Maps. by : Clement Martyn DOKE

Download or read book Report on the Unification of the Shona Dialects, Etc. With Maps. written by Clement Martyn DOKE and published by . This book was released on 1931 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Shona Dialects

Author : Emmanuel Sithole
Publisher : LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9783844393507
Total Pages : 100 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (935 download)

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Download or read book Shona Dialects written by Emmanuel Sithole and published by LAP Lambert Academic Publishing. This book was released on 2011-08 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study is a scientific study of Ndau to establish, from a purely linguistic point of view, whether or not Ndau is a dialect of Shona. For the purposes of advancing an objective and coherent argument it comparatively examines lexicological, phonological, syntactic and semantic aspects of Ndau and Mainstream Shona. The study explores the historical connections between the Ndau and the Shona people. It argues that the Ndau people were originally members of the ancient Rozvi Kingdom. It also establishes cultural and linguistic contacts between the Ndau and the Nguni people. This historic contact, as widely reported by linguists and historians tremendously contributed towards Ndau's linguistic divergence from Mainstream Shona, hereafter referred to as MS. This divergence is reflected through massive lexical, phonological and semantic differences between Ndau and MS. It portrays massive lexicological differences between Ndau and MS. Phonological aspects such as phonotactics, laterality, clicks, aspiration and ejection are also depicted as showing the influence of Nguni on Ndau.

Languages and Education in Africa

Author : Birgit Brock-Utne
Publisher : Symposium Books Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1873927177
Total Pages : 362 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (739 download)

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Download or read book Languages and Education in Africa written by Birgit Brock-Utne and published by Symposium Books Ltd. This book was released on 2009-05-11 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The theme of this book cuts across disciplines. Contributors to this volume are specialized in education and especially classroom research as well as in linguistics, most being transdisciplinary themselves. Around 65 sub-Saharan languages figure in this volume as research objects: as means of instruction, in connection with teacher training, language policy, lexical development, harmonization efforts, information technology, oral literature and deaf communities. The co-existence of these African languages with English, French and Arabic is examined as well. This wide range of languages and subjects builds on recent field work, giving new empirical evidence from 17 countries: Botswana, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe, as well as to transnational matters like the harmonization of African transborder languages. As the Editors – a Norwegian social scientist and a Norwegian linguist, both working in Africa – have wanted to give room for African voices, the majority of contributions to this volume come from Africa.

Beginner's Shona (ChiShona)

Author : Aquilina Mawadza
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Beginner's Shona (ChiShona) written by Aquilina Mawadza and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shona, a Bantu language, is the national language of Zimbabwe. It is also spoken in Mozambique, Malawi, and Zambia. The basics of ChiShona, the most widely spoken form of Shona, appear here in twelve comprehensive lessons. Each chapter includes a practice dialogue, vocabulary, points of grammar, and review exercises, while cultural information places the language in a practical context. This guide provides the student, traveler, or businessperson with both the means for immediate communication and a foundation for future study.

Basic Color Terms

Author : Brent Berlin
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 9780520076358
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (763 download)

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Download or read book Basic Color Terms written by Brent Berlin and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1991 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the psychophysical and neurophysical determinants of cross-linguistic constraints on the shape of color lexicons.

Language, Vernacular Discourse and Nationalisms

Author : Finex Ndhlovu
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319761358
Total Pages : 396 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (197 download)

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Download or read book Language, Vernacular Discourse and Nationalisms written by Finex Ndhlovu and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-03-15 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the linguistic and discursive elements of social and economic policies and national political leader statements to read new meanings into debates on border protection, national sovereignty, immigration, economic indigenisation, land reform and black economic empowerment. It adds a fresh angle to the debate on nationalisms and transnationalism by pushing forward a more applied agenda to establish a clear and empirically-based illustration of the contradictions in current policy frameworks around the world and the debates they invite. The author’s novel vernacular discourse approach contributes new points of method and interpretation that will advance scholarly conversations on nationalisms, transnationalism and other forms of identity imaginings in a transient world.

Language and Social History

Author : Rajend Mesthrie
Publisher : New Africa Books
ISBN 13 : 9780864862808
Total Pages : 376 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (628 download)

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Download or read book Language and Social History written by Rajend Mesthrie and published by New Africa Books. This book was released on 1995 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: