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Language in Africa: An Introductory Survey.

Gregersen, Edgar A. – 1977

This is the first comprehensive study in English of African languages in the context of their cultural setting. It may be used as a basic text in survey courses on African languages as well as a supplemental text in practical language courses. No linguistic background is necessary for understanding this book--the basic concepts are explained,…

Descriptors: African Culture, African Languages, Anthropological Linguistics, Cultural Context

Actes des Journees de linguistique (Proceedings of the Linguistics Conference) (10th, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, April 2-4, 1996).

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Laberge, Julie, Ed.; Vezina, Robert, Ed. – 1996

The 33 papers, all in French, from the 1996 conference on research in linguistics address a wide range of topics in linguistics, including: linguists as an endangered species; categorizing verb specifiers in Yoruba; socio-terminology as a framework for understanding the language of orthodontia; French-to-Arabic borrowings in the 19th and 20th…

Descriptors: Advertising, African Languages, Arabic, Bilingualism