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Download or read book Shona Dialects and the Development of the Standard Language written by and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Daniel Chikwava
Publisher : CreateSpace
ISBN 13 : 9781452871646
Total Pages : 104 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (716 download)
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!
Author : Clement Martyn Doke
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 156 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (253 download)
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:
Author : Clement Martyn Doke
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 154 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
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:
Author : Tomasz Kamusella
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137015934
Total Pages : 412 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (37 download)
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.
Author : H. Ekkehard Wolff
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108417973
Total Pages : 377 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (84 download)
Download or read book A History of African Linguistics written by H. Ekkehard Wolff and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2019-06-13 with total page 377 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first global history of African linguistics as an emerging autonomous academic discipline, covering Africa, the Americas, Asia, Australia, and Europe.
Author : George Fortune
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 72 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book A Guide to Shona Spelling written by George Fortune and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : George Fortune
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9788290954265
Total Pages : 182 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (542 download)
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:
Author : Birgit Brock-Utne
Publisher : Symposium Books Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1873927177
Total Pages : 362 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (739 download)
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.
Author : United States. Department of the Army
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 402 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)
Download or read book Zimbabwe, a Country Study written by United States. Department of the Army and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Rajend Mesthrie
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
ISBN 13 : 0748632492
Total Pages : 528 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (486 download)
Download or read book Introducing Sociolinguistics written by Rajend Mesthrie and published by Edinburgh University Press. This book was released on 2009-05-29 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sociolinguistics is one of the central branches of modern linguistics and deals with the place of language in human societies. This second edition of Introducing Sociolinguistics expertly synthesises the main approaches to the subject. The book covers areas such as multilingualism, code-choice, language variation, dialectology, interactional studies, gender, language contact, language and inequality, and language and power. At the same time it provides an integrated perspective on these themes by examining sociological theories of human interaction. In this regard power and inequality are particularly significant. The book also contains two chapters on the applications of sociolinguistics (in education and in language policy and planning) and a concluding chapter on the sociolinguistics of sign language. New topics covered include speaking style and stylisation, while current debates in areas like creolisation, globalisation and language death, language planning, and gender are reflected.Written collaboratively by teachers and scholars with first hand experience of sociolinguistic developments on four continents, this book provides the broadest introduction currently available to the central topics in sociolinguistics.Features:* Provides a solid foundation in all aspects of sociolinguistics and explores important themes such as power and inequality, sign language, gender and the internet* Well illustrated with maps, diagrams, inset boxes, drawings and cartoons* Accessibly written with the beginner in mind* Uses numerous examples from multilingual settings* Explains basic concepts, supported by a glossary* Further Reading lists, a full bibliography, and a section on 'next steps' provide valuable guidance.
Author : Collen Sabao
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 104003974X
Total Pages : 295 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (4 download)
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.
Author : Rufus Gouws
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
ISBN 13 : 3110238136
Total Pages : 1596 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (12 download)
Download or read book Dictionaries. An International Encyclopedia of Lexicography written by Rufus Gouws and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2013-12-18 with total page 1596 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The basis for this additional volume are the three volumes of the handbooks Dictionaries. An International Encyclopedia of Lexicography (HSK 5.1–5.3), published between 1989 and 1991. An updating has been perceived as an important desideratum for a considerable time. In the present Supplementary Volume the premises and subjects of HSK 5.1–5.3 are complemented by new articles that take account of the practice-internal and theoretical developments of the last 15 years. Special attention has been given to the following topics: the status and function of lexicographic reference works, the history of lexicography, the theory of lexicography, lexicographic processes, lexicographic training and lexicographic institutions, new metalexicographic methods, electronic and, especially, computer-assisted lexicography.
Author : Ladislav Zgusta
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
ISBN 13 : 3111349187
Total Pages : 361 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (113 download)
Download or read book Manual of lexicography written by Ladislav Zgusta and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2010-10-13 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Robert L. Cooper
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521336413
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (364 download)
Download or read book Language Planning and Social Change written by Robert L. Cooper and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1989 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book describes the ways in which politicians, church leaders, generals, leaders of national movements and others try to influence our use of language. Professor Cooper argues that language planning is never attempted for its own sake. Rather it is carried out for the attainment of nonlinguistic ends such as national integration, political control, economic development, the pacification of minority groups, and mass mobilization. Many examples are discussed, including the revival of Hebrew as a spoken language, feminist campaigns to eliminate sexist bias in language, adult literacy campaigns, the plain language movement, efforts to distinguish American from British spelling, the American bilingual education movement, the creation of writing systems for unwritten languages, and campaigns to rid languages of foreign terms. Language Planning and Social Change is the first book to define the field of language planning and relate it to other aspects of social planning and to social change. The book is accessible and presupposes no special background in linguistics, sociology or political science. It will appeal to applied linguists and to those sociologists, economists and political scientists with an interest in language.
Author : Frederick J. Newmeyer
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521375832
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (758 download)
Download or read book Language written by Frederick J. Newmeyer and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1988 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This survey aims to provide a comprehensive introduction to current research in all branches of the field of linguistics, from syntactic theory to ethnography of speaking, from signed language to the mental lexicon. This volume concentrates on sociolinguistics and allied fields.
Author : Emmanuel Sithole
Publisher : LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9783844393507
Total Pages : 100 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (935 download)
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.
