Download or read book Modern Akan written by Esi Cleland and published by kasahorow Publishing. This book was released on 2009 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn simple Akan for getting around Ghana and making friends. Modern Akan is a concise, portable and easy-to-grasp reference to the Akan language. This kasahorow language guide includes - a basic grammar for Akan readers and writers - useful phrases for warming up a new relationship Written in Modern Akan. Modern Akan is a simplified spelling system used to write all the varieties of spoken Akan. Includes a pronunciation guide for reading Modern Akan in Asante Twi, Akuapem Twi and Fanti. Learn Akan: Learn Twi, learn Fanti, learn Akuapem.
Download or read book 102 Akan Verbs written by Paa Kwesi Imbeah and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2012 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A long awaited companion to the "Modern Akan" grammar book! With an introduction to forming sentences in the Akan language. Master the common tenses of the Akuapem, Fanti and Twi language. Each verb is conjugated in the present, past and future tenses. An example sentence is also included for each verb. Every verb and example is translated into English for easy side-by-side comparison. The Modern Akan spelling conventions are used throughout and so make it suitable for learning any Akan language.
Download or read book Engaging Modern Brunei written by Hannah Ming Yit Ho and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-02-26 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores issues shaping and defining modern Bruneian identity. It addresses the research gap regarding Brunei studies in terms of the language, literature, and culture of Brunei which, with its bilingual education, is uniquely positioned at the intersection of the Malay and western worlds. The book analyses the linguistic, literary, and cultural modes that provide the backdrop for modern-day instantiations of local identity, as expressed through printed and online materials, film, art, and social practices. It compares Brunei English and Brunei Malay in the context of the literature and culture of Brunei. Readers will find it useful as an essential resource for academic scholars, university students, and others interested in the study of Brunei Darussalam's language, literature, and culture. It provides critical insights from an insiders' perspective into the local identity of the culturally diverse Bruneian society.
Download or read book Armenian Philology in the Modern Era written by and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2014-06-05 with total page 611 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Philology is one of the most investigated fields of Armenian studies. At the end of the twentieth century, it was important to provide an overview of the main achievements and on the methodological approaches implemented in this field till now. This is the aim of the present publication. Part I focuses on the manuscripts, the inscriptions, and the printings. Its second section is devoted to the textual criticisms and the third section explores the interface between linguistics and philology. Case studies form the core of Part II. One chapter offers an overview on the 17th-19th centuries, and two articles are devoted to the conditions of the circulation of the literary production in the 20th century, both in Western and Eastern Armenian.
Download or read book Asante Twi Learner s Dictionary written by Kasahorow and published by . This book was released on 2019-06-23 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn to read Modern Akan.The Asante Twi Learner's Dictionary is a beginner's dictionary of Asante Twi Pronunciations in Akan and English.Contains basic nouns, verbs and adjectives to aid fast comprehension of any Modern Akan language book.Discover the joy of reading in Akan.Suitable for children 8 to 12 years old.
Download or read book Sentence Analysis in Modern Malay written by M. Blanche Lewis and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1969-04-02 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a detailed application of the methods of linguistic analysis to the sentence structure of Malay. It is based on extended analysis of short dramatic texts in colloquial Malay by Dato' Dr Haji Zainal-Abidin bin Ahmad, best know under his pen name Za'ba. Miss Lewis' analyses are, with certain modifications, kept within the grammatical framework which she deduced from a thesis presented by Dr E. M. F. Payne in 1964. She has shown that the framework is viable when applied to actual texts, though her analysis leads to certain modifications and extensions of the original plan. The book has a double interest. Students with a basic knowledge of Malay will find that the investigation into sentence formation refines their understanding of the language. Linguists interested in the application of a formal grammatical framework to the sentences of a Austronesian language will welcome this pioneer study.
Download or read book Quotative Indexes in African Languages written by Tom Güldemann and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2008-11-06 with total page 707 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book represents the results of a synchronic and diachronic cross-African survey of quotative indexes. These are linguistic expressions that signal in the ongoing discourse the presence of a quote (often called "direct reported speech"). For this purpose, 39 African languages were selected to represent the genealogical and geographical diversity of the continent. The study is based primarily on this language sample, in particular on the analysis of quotative indexes and related expressions from a text corpus of each sample language, but also includes a wide range of data from the published literature on other African as well as non- African languages. It is the first typological investigation of direct reported discourse of this magnitude in a large group of languages. The book may thus serve as a starting point of similar studies in other geographical areas or even with a global scope, as well as stimulate more detailed investigations of particular languages. The results of the African survey challenge several prevailing cross-linguistic generalizations regarding quotative indexes and reported discourse constructions as a whole, of which two are of particular interest. In the syntactic domain, where reported discourse has mostly been dealt with under so- called sentential complementation, the study supports the minority view that direct reported discourse and also a large portion of indirect reported discourse show hardly any evidence for the claim that the reported clause is a syntactic object complement of some matrix verb. With respect to grammaticalization, the work concludes that speech verbs are, against common belief, not a frequent source of quotatives, complementizers, and other related markers. Far more frequent sources are markers of similarity and manner; generic verbs of equation, inchoativity, and action; and pronominals referring to the quote or the speaker. Another more general conclusion of the study is that especially direct reported discourse can be fruitfully analyzed as part of a larger linguistic domain called "mimesis". This comprises expressions which represent a state of affairs by means of enactment/ performance rather than with the help of "canonical" linguistic signs and includes, besides reported discourse, world-referring bodily gestures, ideophone-like signs, and non-linguistic sound.
Download or read book Functional Change written by Susanna Cumming and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2011-08-09 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Syntax of Serial Verbs written by Mark Sebba and published by John Benjamins Publishing. This book was released on 1987-01-01 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This monograph is about the chains of verbs commonly found in Creole Languages, West African languages, in particular the Kwa sub-group of Niger-Congo, Chinese and certain other languages and have acquired the name of 'serial verbs' in the literature. As a case study, the serial constructions of Sranan, a creole language of Surinam with an English lexical base, are examined in detail.
Download or read book Let s Speak Twi written by Adams Bodomo and published by Center for the Study of Language and Information Publica Tion. This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book A New Practical Grammar of the Modern Arabic of Egypt written by Socrates Spiro and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Reference Grammar of Classical Tamil Poetry written by V. S. Rajam and published by American Philosophical Society. This book was released on 1992 with total page 1152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A reference tool for those who seek an understanding of the structure of classical Tamil poetry. This poetry reflects indigenous literary and cultural traditions of southern India, and therefore, a study of it is imperative for obtaining a balanced view of India's past and present cultures. The language which produced this poetry, Tamil, is the only living language of modern India that has an uninterrupted history spanning more than two millennia, and therefore, a study of it becomes even more crucial for a thorough understanding of India's linguistic complexity. Includes a bibliography.
Download or read book The Life Cycle of Language written by Darya Kavitskaya and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2024-02-23 with total page 497 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume brings together an international group of linguists from a diverse range of research backgrounds to explore the cycles of change in the world's languages. Historical linguistics does not solely focus on reconstructing a language's linguistic past and exploring the mechanisms underlying previous language changes; it also addresses broader questions concerning the development and ongoing evolution of language. The chapters in this book draw on data both from languages from the distant past, such as Hittite, Proto-Turkic, and Proto-Bantu, and from present-day languages including Akan, Cantonese, Kuuk Thaayorre, Selis-Ql'ispé, Nivaclé, and Spanish. The contributions showcase current research in historical linguistics and exemplify the dynamism and inherently interdisciplinary nature of the field.
Download or read book A Student s Reference Grammar of Modern Formal Indonesian written by Roderick Ross Macdonald and published by Georgetown University Press. This book was released on 1967 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book "This grammar is a description of formal Indonesian in that it is based on published texts rather than on colloquial material. Some of the texts were delivered as political speeches ; some are legal documents such as the Constitution and the Agrarian Laws ; some are textbooks intended for use in schools ; some are translations of books from other languages, generally through the medium of English ; and a few are novelettes and stories." - foreword. "Intended for the general student of the Indonesian language and the professional linguist, this short descriptive grammar is a useful guide as a well as a point of departure for more intensive study." - product description.
Download or read book Substrate and Adstrate written by Micah Corum and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2015-04-24 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume provides a large-scale, in-depth analysis of locative structures in Nigerian Pidgin and Ghanaian Pidgin English and compares those structures to locatives in their lexifier, substrate, and adstrate languages. The work draws on new research methods for investigating substrate and adstrate influence in semantics and creole genesis.
Download or read book Facts about the World s Languages written by Jane Garry and published by New York : H.W. Wilson. This book was released on 2001 with total page 920 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides linguistic descriptions of a selected assortment of languages from renowned scholars, as well as historical and cultural information for each language.
Download or read book Resources in Education written by and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 1182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
