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Found 11 product(s) for Language/Linguistics (1-8 of 11)

Language/Linguistics

'THE FREEDOM OF THE WRITER' (Tigrinya text)
And Other Selected Literary and Cultural Essays

by Ghirmai Negash

In this richly researched and lucidly written collection of essays, ‘The Freedom of the Writer’ and Other Selected Literary and Cultural Essays, Ghirmai Negash provides solid analysis and information on some of the salient aspects of Eritrean literature and culture.

Price: $19.95

ACAL, Vol. 5
Linguistic Typology and Representation of African Languages

Edited by John M. Mugane

This volume represents a selection of 25 peer-reviewed papers from the 33rd Annual Conference on African Linguistics (ACAL) held in March 2002 at Ohio University in Athens. The papers cover language acquisition, syntax, phonetics, phonology, morphology, historical linguistics, as well as language use and function in Africa making proposals concerning the proper analysis and representation of linguistic information.

Price: $34.95

AFRO-MEXICANS
Discourse of Race and Identity in the African Diaspora

By Chege Githiora

This book is about a little known branch of the African Diaspora—Afro-Mexicans. It discusses their conditions of arrival and establishment in Mexico within the context of Spanish colonialism, and the race-based socio-economic hierarchy known as sistema de castas which provided a basis for the contemporary socioracial terms that are the focus of the main study: indio, blanco, negro and moreno. Today, these terms are used ubiquitously in variable ways as tags of social identity in Mexican discourse. An ethnographic sketch of a representative Afro-Mexican community located in the state of Guerrero then provides

Price: $29.95

ARABIC FOR ENGLISH SPEAKING MEDICS

by Sharifa Zawawi

"Arabic for English Speaking Medics" is based on simple conversations that typically take place in familiar medic-patient situations. These provide the learner with the words and phrases most commonly used in medical settings as the hospital bedside and the admissions desk. As a reference tool, it may also be helpful in improving communication between English-speaking and Arabic-speaking medics.

Price: $24.95

ÌLÒ ÈDÈ ÀTI ÈDÁ ÈDE YORÙBÁ: APÁ KEJÌ
Yorùbá Linguistics and Language Use: Part Two

Edited by Harrison Adéníyì and Akinloyè Òjó

ÌLÒ ÈDÈ ÀTI ÈDÁ ÈDE YORÙBÁ: APÁ KEJÌ (Yorùbá Linguistics and Language Use: Part Two) is the second installment of the collection of works on the form and function of the Yoruba language. The twelve chapters in the book focus on various aspects of Yorùbá language and linguistics.

Price: $24.95

EMPOWERMENT THROUGH LANGUAGE
The African Experience: Tanzania and Beyond

by Zaline Makini Roy-Campbell

This book seeks to enter the crucial debate on educational language choices in Africa which began with the arrival of missionaries and took varied forms over the years. In her book, Roy-Campbell examines the link between the languages of instruction in former colonies and the kind of knowledge produced in the schools. She explores issues such as who decides which language should be the medium of instruction in schools, the criteria for this decision, and the implications of this decision for knowledge production and reproduction.

Price: $21.95

KINYĨRA NJĨRA!
Step Firmly on the Pathway
Edited by Chege Githiora, Heather Littlefield and Victor Manfredi

Trends in African Linguistics #6

Kinyĩra Njĩra! Presents 18 peer-reviewed and revised papers from the 31st Annual Conference on African Linguistics, Boston University, March 2-5, 2000. The book’s thematic title—a traditional Gĩkũyũ blessing—echoes the lead essay by Prof. Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, urging African linguistics to move in step with practical development of African languages as part of the decolonization struggle...

Price: $34.95

MULTILINGUALISM
A Nigerian Case Study

by Efurosibina Adegbija

This book will provide further and deeper insight into the Nigerian socio-linguistic situation and its lessons or implications for other multilingual settings, especially with respect to the management of language as a social resource. As a handy, insightful and appropriate example of the African sociolinguistic situation in particular, and multilingual contexts in general, it could be used as a textbook on multilingualism both within and outside Nigeria.

Price: $29.95

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