Download or read book Limbum English Dictionary English Limbum Index and Grammar written by Francis Wepngong Ndi and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2023-11-27 with total page 562 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This dictionary section of this book is a practical guide to standard Limbum. It has over 8.343 main references and approximately 4.500 sub-references. It is the second edition of the lexical database of Limbum. In it, homonyms have been numbered, their part of speeches distinguished and notes have been added to the definitions for clarity. This edition of the Limbum - English Dictionary contains an English Index, Grammar Analyses, and some information on Limbum Dialects. The aim is to make it possible for Limbum learners to have one document that they can consult in order to gain an understanding of the language. Francis Wepngong Ndi who is the main compiler was born in Mbot, Nkambe on January 15, 1968. He holds a Masters of Philosophy (MPhil) in Linguistics from Leiden University. He started his Lexicography work on Limbum in 2002 while working as a volunteer at the Summer Institute of Linguistics (SIL) Yaoundé, Cameroon. His research interests are Morphology, Semantics, Pragmatics, Discourse Analysis, and Sociolinguistics. Limbum (Mbum language) is an Eastern Grassfields Bantu language that is made up of three dialects. According to the International Mission Board 2023, the population of Limbum speakers is approximately to be 226,000. Most of the speakers are natives of the Nkambe Central and Ndu subdivision of the North West Region of Cameroon. Some groups of Limbum speakers can be found in major towns of Cameroon. Other significant groups of Limbum speakers live in Nigeria, Europe and the United States of America.
Download or read book Limbum English Dictionary English Limbum Index and Grammar written by Francis Wepngong Ndi and published by . This book was released on 2023-11-27 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This dictionary section of this book is a practical guide to standard Limbum. It has over 8.343 main references and approximately 4.500 sub-references. It is the second edition of the lexical database of Limbum. In it, homonyms have been numbered, their part of speeches distinguished and notes have been added to the definitions for clarity. This edition of the Limbum - English Dictionary contains an English Index, Grammar Analyses, and some information on Limbum Dialects. The aim is to make it possible for Limbum learners to have one document that they can consult in order to gain an understanding of the language. Francis Wepngong Ndi who is the main compiler was born in Mbot, Nkambe on January 15, 1968. He holds a Masters of Philosophy (MPhil) in Linguistics from Leiden University. He started his Lexicography work on Limbum in 2002 while working as a volunteer at the Summer Institute of Linguistics (SIL) Yaoundé, Cameroon. His research interests are Morphology, Semantics, Pragmatics, Discourse Analysis, and Sociolinguistics. Limbum (Mbum language) is an Eastern Grassfields Bantu language that is made up of three dialects. According to the International Mission Board 2023, the population of Limbum speakers is approximately to be 226,000. Most of the speakers are natives of the Nkambe Central and Ndu subdivision of the North West Region of Cameroon. Some groups of Limbum speakers can be found in major towns of Cameroon. Other significant groups of Limbum speakers live in Nigeria, Europe and the United States of America.
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Download or read book A Sketch Grammar of Pondi written by Russell Barlow and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides the first grammatical description of Pondi, a severely endangered language spoken by fewer than 300 people, almost all of whom live in a single village in the East Sepik Province of Papua New Guinea. Pondi is a non-Austronesian (i.e. Papuan) language, belonging to the Ulmapo branch of the Keram family. A Sketch Grammar of Pondi includes ethnographic information, with ample discussion of language vitality and endangerment. The grammatical description begins with phonetics and phonology, before turning to major and minor word classes. The description of nominal morphology focuses especially on Pondi's irregular number affixation and stem alternation, while the description of verbal morphology is largely concerned with aspect and mood suffixation. Syntax is discussed both at the level of the phrase and at the level of the clause. Topics in syntax, such as questions, commands, negation and conditionals are discussed. Following the grammatical description, there is a lexicon of over 600 Pondi words, presented both as a Pondi-to-English word list and as an English-to-Pondi finder list.
Download or read book The Georgetown Guide to Arabic English Translation written by Mustafa Mughazy and published by Georgetown University Press. This book was released on 2016-05-16 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mughazy, a well-respected scholar of Arabic linguistics and a Georgetown Languages board member, takes a practical approach to the task of translating nonfiction from Arabic to English. Using Optimality Theory from linguistics, he provides a new way, based in linguistics, of looking at best practices for translation with the goal to find the most accurate translation. He aims to approach translation more scientifically (identify the problem, test hypotheses, selecting the best option and finding patterns) than those who use the more widely known literary translation theory. Although there are several books out on this topic, none address it as Mughazy has. This is a unique approach that offers a new, more practical way for those with advanced knowledge of Arabic to learn how to translate. As more schools begin or consider beginning translation programs, this book may find a larger audience over the years. Mughazy's book is rich with authentic examples, exercises (answer key included), and includes very valuable appendices for the learner. As Clara told me, "This is a book I wish I had had in grad school."
Download or read book A Descriptive Grammar of the Bukawa Language of the Morobe Province of Papua New Guinea written by William Eckermann and published by Pacific Linguistics. This book was released on 2007 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Bukawa language is an Austronesian language which is spoken by coastal inhabitants of the Huon Peninsula in the Morobe Province of Papua New Guinea. The Bukawa villages are all situated on the coastal plain of the Huon Peninsula. This book represents an analysis of the grammar of the Bukawa language of Papua New Guinea, based upon data accumulated over a thirteen year period during which the author lived and worked with members of the language group doing Bible translation and literary work.
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Download or read book Articles in the World s Languages written by Laura Becker and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2021-09-20 with total page 461 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study provides a systematic overview of articles and article systems in the world’s languages using a sample of 104 languages. Articles can be classified into 10 types according to their referential functions: definite, anaphoric, weak definite, recognitional, indefinite, presentational, exclusive-specific, nonspecific, inclusive-specific, and referential articles. All 10 types are described in detail with examples from various languages of the world. The book also addresses crosslinguistic trends concerning the distribution and the development of different article types, and it proposes a typology of article systems. The aim of this study is to provide a general crosslinguistic overview concerning the attested properties and distributions of articles. It is geared towards readers with interests in language typology and the nominal domain, and it can serve as a point of reference for language-specific studies of articles or determiners.
Download or read book Repertoires and Choices in African Languages written by Friederike Lüpke and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2013-05-28 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most African languages are spoken by communities as one of several languages present on a daily basis. The persistence of multilingualism and the linguistic creativity manifest in the playful use of different languages are striking, especially against the backdrop of language death and expanding monolingualism elsewhere in the world. The effortless mastery of several languages is disturbing, however, for those who take essentialist perspectives that see it as a problem rather than a resource, and for the dominating, conflictual, sociolinguistic model of multilingualism. This volume investigates African minority languages in the context of changing patterns of multilingualism, and also assesses the status of African languages in terms of existing influential vitality scales. An important aspect of multilingual praxis is the speakers' agency in making choices, their repertoires of registers and the multiplicity of language ideology associated with different ways of speaking. The volume represents a new and original contribution to the ethnography of speaking of multilingual practices and the cultural ideas associated with them.
Download or read book Morphological Theory written by Andrew Spencer and published by Wiley-Blackwell. This book was released on 1991-08-26 with total page 532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first near-exhaustive introduction to the burgeoning field of morphology in generative grammar. Presupposing very little prior knowledge of linguistics, the book guides the reader from absolute basics to the most recent theoretical developments. Written in an accessible style, and including a wealth of exercises, this textbook is designed so that it can be used either on courses explicitly focused on morphology or as an adjunct to other courses, particularly in generative syntax and in phonology. The book opens with an account of the phenomena studied by morphologists, an outline of classical problems and an introduction to the earliest models of morphology proposed within the generative paradigm. Its second part deals with the interface between morphology and phonology and includes a detailed discussion of lexical Phonology, and related models, as well as a variety of types of nonconcatenative morphology. Part III begins with a comprehensive introduction to more recent theories of word structure, including inflectional morphology. Subsequent chapters examine the interface between morphology and syntax, exploring the processes which affect grammatical relations, such as passives and causatives. Further chapters examine compounding processes and the morphology, phonology and syntax of clitic systems. The final part of the book includes a full discussion of "bracketing paradoxes" and closes with a survey of models of morphology and competing views of the place of morphology in linguistic theory.
Download or read book How Languages are Learned written by Patsy Lightbown and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2006-04-27 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'How Languages Are Learned' provides a readable introduction to the main theories of first and second language acquisition, relating them to approaches to classroom methodology and practice.
Download or read book The Dynamics of Language written by Rajend Mesthrie and published by Juta and Company (Pty) Ltd. This book was released on 2018-06-26 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Linguistics – the close study of language and languages – is an indispensable foundation for all forms of knowledge. The African continent is blessed with hundreds of languages which act as local repositories of culture and interaction. South Africa alone has eleven official languages, plus Sign Language, many heritage languages, and new languages of global movements and migration. Part of the linguist’s business is to document, record and affirm languages and diversity. Applied linguists use their training to understand and enhance the role of language in education and upliftment, and the opportunities and challenges of new technologies of communication. The International Congress of Linguists meets every five years to reflect the development of the field and 2018 is the first time that the congress is being held in Africa. This book is a collection of the plenary and focus papers presented at the conference and thus represents current thinking in the major branches of language study as represented by leading local and international scholars. The papers discuss the history of languages, their structure, acquisition, diversity and use. At the same time due regard is paid to the African continent in connection with its linguistic diversity, multilingualism and educational and societal concerns. The Congress is meant to affirm the value of the languages of Africa, of languages and Linguistics in general, as well as to inspire and equip younger scholars to undertake advanced research into language in its many facets.
Download or read book Auxiliary Verb Constructions written by Gregory D. S. Anderson and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2006-06-08 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the most comprehensive survey ever published of auxiliary verb constructions, as in 'he could have been going to drink it' and 'she does eat cheese'. Drawing on a database of over 800 languages Dr Anderson examines their morphosyntactic forms and semantic roles. He investigates and explains the historical changes leading to the cross-linguistic diversity of inflectional patterns, and he presents his results within a new typological framework. The book's impressive range includes data on variation within and across languages and language families. In addition to examining languages in Africa, Europe, and Asia the author presents analyses of languages in Australasia and the Pacific and in North, South, and Meso-America. In doing so he reveals much that is new about the language families of the world and makes an important contribution to the understanding of their nature and evolution. His book will interest scholars and researchers in language typology, historical and comparative linguistics, syntax, and morphology.
