Author: Johannes Zimmermann
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 706
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A grammatical sketch of the Akra- or Gā-language
Author: Johannes Zimmermann
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 706
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 706
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A Grammatical Sketch of the Akra- Or Gã-language
Author: Johann Zimmermann
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Category : Gã language
Languages : en
Pages : 614
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Publisher:
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Category : Gã language
Languages : en
Pages : 614
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A Grammatical Sketch of the Akra- Or Gâ-Language, with Some Specimens of it from the Mouth of the Natives and a Vocabulary of the Same
Author: Johann Zimmermann
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 222
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 222
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A Sketch of the Modern Languages of Africa
Author: Robert Needham Cust
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Category : African languages
Languages : en
Pages : 318
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Category : African languages
Languages : en
Pages : 318
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Philosophical Foundations of the African Humanities through Postcolonial Perspectives
Author:
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004392947
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 313
Book Description
Philosophical Foundations of the African Humanities through Postcolonial Perspectives critiques recent claims that the humanities, especially in public universities in poor countries, have lost their significance, defining missions, methods and standards due to the pressure to justify their existence. The predominant responses to these claims have been that the humanities are relevant for creating a “world culture” to address the world’s problems. This book argues that behind such arguments lies a false neutrality constructed to deny the values intrinsic to marginalized cultures and peoples and to justify their perceived inferiority. These essays by scholars in postcolonial studies critique these false claims about the humanities through critical analyses of alterity, difference, and how the Other is perceived, defined and subdued. Contributors: Gordon S.K. Adika, Kofi N. Awoonor, E. John Collins, Kari Dako, Mary Esther Kropp Dakubu, James Gibbs, Helen Lauer, Bernth Lindfors, J.H. Kwabena Nketia, Abena Oduro, Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, Olúfémi Táíwò, Alexis B. Tengan, Kwasi Wiredu, Francis Nii-Yartey
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004392947
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 313
Book Description
Philosophical Foundations of the African Humanities through Postcolonial Perspectives critiques recent claims that the humanities, especially in public universities in poor countries, have lost their significance, defining missions, methods and standards due to the pressure to justify their existence. The predominant responses to these claims have been that the humanities are relevant for creating a “world culture” to address the world’s problems. This book argues that behind such arguments lies a false neutrality constructed to deny the values intrinsic to marginalized cultures and peoples and to justify their perceived inferiority. These essays by scholars in postcolonial studies critique these false claims about the humanities through critical analyses of alterity, difference, and how the Other is perceived, defined and subdued. Contributors: Gordon S.K. Adika, Kofi N. Awoonor, E. John Collins, Kari Dako, Mary Esther Kropp Dakubu, James Gibbs, Helen Lauer, Bernth Lindfors, J.H. Kwabena Nketia, Abena Oduro, Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, Olúfémi Táíwò, Alexis B. Tengan, Kwasi Wiredu, Francis Nii-Yartey
A Gold Coast Library
Author: Allan Wolsey Cardinall
Publisher:
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Category : Ghana
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Ghana
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
Aspect and Modality in Kwa Languages
Author: Felix K. Ameka
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
ISBN: 9027291381
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 351
Book Description
This book explores the thesis that in the Kwa languages of West Africa, aspect and modality are more central to the grammar of the verb than tense. Where tense marking has emerged it is invariably in the expression of the future, and therefore concerned with the impending actualization or potentiality of an event, hence with modality, rather than the purely temporal sequencing associated with tense. The primary grammatical contrasts are perfective versus imperfective. The main languages discussed are Akan, Dangme, Ewe, Ga and Tuwuli while Nzema-Ahanta, Likpe and Eastern Gbe are also mentioned. Knowledge about these languages has deepened considerably during the past decade or so and ideas about their structure have changed. The volume therefore presents novel analyses of grammatical forms like the so-called S-Aux-O-V-Other or “future” constructions, and provides empirical data for theorizing about aspect and modality. It should be of considerable interest to Africanist linguists, typologists, and creolists interested in substrate issues.
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
ISBN: 9027291381
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 351
Book Description
This book explores the thesis that in the Kwa languages of West Africa, aspect and modality are more central to the grammar of the verb than tense. Where tense marking has emerged it is invariably in the expression of the future, and therefore concerned with the impending actualization or potentiality of an event, hence with modality, rather than the purely temporal sequencing associated with tense. The primary grammatical contrasts are perfective versus imperfective. The main languages discussed are Akan, Dangme, Ewe, Ga and Tuwuli while Nzema-Ahanta, Likpe and Eastern Gbe are also mentioned. Knowledge about these languages has deepened considerably during the past decade or so and ideas about their structure have changed. The volume therefore presents novel analyses of grammatical forms like the so-called S-Aux-O-V-Other or “future” constructions, and provides empirical data for theorizing about aspect and modality. It should be of considerable interest to Africanist linguists, typologists, and creolists interested in substrate issues.
The Languages of West Africa
Author: Diedrich Westermann
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351600508
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 309
Book Description
This volume, originally published in 1970, presents a survey of the languages spoken in an area extending from the Atlantic coast at the Sengal River eastward to the Lake Chad region. The area covered by this volume is mainly a goegraphical one, so it follows that not all the languages included are related to one another, though a certain degree of homogeneity appears.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351600508
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 309
Book Description
This volume, originally published in 1970, presents a survey of the languages spoken in an area extending from the Atlantic coast at the Sengal River eastward to the Lake Chad region. The area covered by this volume is mainly a goegraphical one, so it follows that not all the languages included are related to one another, though a certain degree of homogeneity appears.
Catalogue
Author: Bernard Quaritch (Firm)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Antiquarian booksellers
Languages : en
Pages : 1202
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Antiquarian booksellers
Languages : en
Pages : 1202
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Hausa Grammar with Exercises, Readings and Vocabulary
Author: Charles Henry Robinson
Publisher:
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Category : Hausa language
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Hausa language
Languages : en
Pages : 168
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