Author: Lilias A. Armstrong
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351598201
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 407
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Originally published in 1940, this book was the result of 3 years' worth of phonetic research and analysis with the aim of laying foudnations for improved methods of teaching and ascertaining the most scientific basis for current orthography of the Kikuyu language of Kenya.
Author: Lilias Eveline Armstrong
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Kenya
Languages : en
Pages : 392
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Author: Lilias A. Armstrong
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 9781138098244
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 380
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The sequences -a e- and -a ee- in adjacent words. [41-43] -- -a e- in prefix and stem. [47] -- -a o- and -a oo- in adjacent words. [48-50] -- -a o- in prefix and stem. [51] -- Impossible Monosyllabic Vowel Sequences. Type II -- Class (a). [53-63] -- The sequences -e o- -- -e oo- and -we o-. [54-57] -- -a e- and -a ee-. [58-59] -- -au- and -a uu-. [60-62] -- -a u- in prefix and stem. [62] -- -e u- and -e uu-. [63-64] -- Class (b). [65-75] -- The sequences-ea-, -is a- and -we a-. [66-67] -- -e a- and -ie a-. [68-69] -- -e ee-. [70] -- -a a- and -wa a-. [71, 72] -- -c e- and -wc e-. [71, 72] -- -o c-. [73-74] -- -o u-. [73-74] -- -e u- and -e uu-. [75-76] -- Class (c). [77] -- The sequence -au-. [77] -- Impossible Monosyllabic Vowel Sequences. Type III -- Class (a). [78-82] -- The sequences -e e- -- -iJ e- and-e ee-. [79-80] -- -a o- -- -wa· o- and -fa o-. [81] -- c oo-. [82] -- Class (b). [83-85] -- The sequences -a c-. (83] -- -a e- and -ia e-. (84] -- -e o- and -ie o-. (85] -- Sequences Of Non-Adjacent Vowels. (Vowel-Harmony) -- The Law of Vowel-harmony in Verbs. [87] -- Examples of Vowel-harmony in the Perfect Tense. [88] -- Examples of Vowel-harmony in Formative Verbs. (89] -- Chapter IV The Consonant Phonemes -- The Nasal Quality of b, d, g, j. [90-92] -- Table of Kikuyu Consonant Phonemes. [93] -- Notes on the Consonant Table. [94-95] -- Short Notes on the Consonant Sounds. [96-114] -- Plosives: mb, t, nd, k, ng,?. [96-101] -- Affricates: c, nj. [102-103] -- Nasals: m, n, Jl, ti· [104-107] -- Fricatives : u, J, r, y, h. [108-112] -- Vowel Glides: y, w. [113-114] -- Consonant Length. [115-116] -- Suggestions for the Improvement of Existing Orthography. [117, 118] -- Chapter V Consonant Laws -- I. Law relating to the Use of the Phonemes mb, nd, ng, nj, n in certainWord-forms. [r2r-r29]
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Publisher: Elsevier
ISBN: 0080547842
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 26924
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The first edition of ELL (1993, Ron Asher, Editor) was hailed as "the field's standard reference work for a generation". Now the all-new second edition matches ELL's comprehensiveness and high quality, expanded for a new generation, while being the first encyclopedia to really exploit the multimedia potential of linguistics. * The most authoritative, up-to-date, comprehensive, and international reference source in its field * An entirely new work, with new editors, new authors, new topics and newly commissioned articles with a handful of classic articles * The first Encyclopedia to exploit the multimedia potential of linguistics through the online edition * Ground-breaking and International in scope and approach * Alphabetically arranged with extensive cross-referencing * Available in print and online, priced separately. The online version will include updates as subjects develop ELL2 includes: * c. 7,500,000 words * c. 11,000 pages * c. 3,000 articles * c. 1,500 figures: 130 halftones and 150 colour * Supplementary audio, video and text files online * c. 3,500 glossary definitions * c. 39,000 references * Extensive list of commonly used abbreviations * List of languages of the world (including information on no. of speakers, language family, etc.) * Approximately 700 biographical entries (now includes contemporary linguists) * 200 language maps in print and online Also available online via ScienceDirect – featuring extensive browsing, searching, and internal cross-referencing between articles in the work, plus dynamic linking to journal articles and abstract databases, making navigation flexible and easy. For more information, pricing options and availability visit www.info.sciencedirect.com. The first Encyclopedia to exploit the multimedia potential of linguistics Ground-breaking in scope - wider than any predecessor An invaluable resource for researchers, academics, students and professionals in the fields of: linguistics, anthropology, education, psychology, language acquisition, language pathology, cognitive science, sociology, the law, the media, medicine & computer science. The most authoritative, up-to-date, comprehensive, and international reference source in its field
Author: Patricia Ashby
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134646178
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 197
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Assuming little or no background knowledge and using original examples and exercises (with answers supplied), Understanding Phonetics provides you with an accessible introduction to the basics of phonetics and a comprehensive analysis of traditional phonetic theory - the articulation and physical characteristics of speech sounds. Examples from a wide range of languages are presented throughout using symbols of the International Phonetic Alphabet. To help you develop your skills in this alphabet, Understanding Phonetics includes ear-training exercises that are freely available online, along with audio files of authentic listening material, for you to download from www.routledge.com/cw/ashby. Understanding Phonetics outlines the production of consonants, vowels, phonation types, pitch and intonation, and aspects of connected speech. Reading through chapter by chapter, you will see your knowledge develop as you engage in the step-by-step phonetic study of a selected word. Understanding Phonetics is designed to be used not only as a class textbook but also for self-study. It can be read systematically or used for reference purposes.
Author: Wendy Ayres-Bennett
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0191071129
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 673
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Women in the History of Linguistics is a ground-breaking investigation into women's contribution to the description, analysis, and codification of languages across a wide range of different linguistic and cultural traditions. Notably, the volume looks beyond Europe to Africa, Australia, Asia, and North America, offering a systematic and comparative approach to a subject that has not yet received the scholarly attention it deserves. In view of women's often limited educational opportunities in the past, their impact is examined not only within traditional and institutional contexts, but also in more domestic and less public realms. The chapters explore a variety of spheres of activity, including the production of grammars, dictionaries, philological studies, critical editions, and notes and reflections on the nature of language and writing systems, as well as women's contribution to the documentation and maintenance of indigenous languages, language teaching and acquisition methods, language debates, and language use and policy. Attitudes towards women's language-both positive and negative-that regularly shape linguistic description and analysis are explored, alongside metalinguistic texts specifically addressed to them as readers. Women in the History of Linguistics is intended for all scholars and students interested in the history of linguistics, women's studies, social and cultural history, and the intersection between language and gender
Author: John Middleton
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1315313111
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 164
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Routledge is proud to be re-issuing this landmark series in association with the International African Institute. The series, originally published between 1950 and 1977, collected ethnographic information on the peoples of Africa, using all available sources: archives, memoirs and reports as well as anthropological research which, in 1945, had only just begun. Concise, critical and (for its time) accurate, the Ethnographic Survey contains sections as follows: Physical Environment Linguistic Data Demography History & Traditions of Origin Nomenclature Grouping Cultural Features: Religion, Witchcraft, Birth, Initiation, Burial Social & Political Organization: Kinship, Marriage, Inheritance, Slavery, Land Tenure, Warfare & Justice Economy & Trade Domestic Architecture Each of the 50 volumes will be available to buy individually, and these are organized into regional sub-groups: East Central Africa, North-Eastern Africa, Southern Africa, West Central Africa, Western Africa, and Central Africa Belgian Congo. The volumes are supplemented with maps, available to view on routledge.com or available as a pdf from the publishers.
Author: D Westermann
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317406281
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 195
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First published in 1933, this book looks at the phonetics of African languages. It argues that a good grounding in phonetics and tone work is an indispensable preliminary to anyone embarking on a study of African language and so provides the material necessary for this in a simple form. The volume is primarily a practical manual for students of African languages but will also be an invaluable tool for students of general linguistics as a work of scientific interest. The languages observed present features of language that are very different to those found in Europe.
Author: Beverly Collins
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
ISBN: 3110812363
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 622
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This volume presents the first full-scale biography of Daniel Jones, a preeminent scholar and leading British phonetician of the early twentieth century, and the first linguist to hold a chair at a British university. This book, richly illustrated with partly unpublished material traces Jones's life and career, including his contacts with other linguists, and with figures outside the linguistic world notably Robert Bridges and George Bernard Shaw.
Author: Linda Lombardi
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 0429847181
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 153
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First published in 1994. In this study, the author proposes that neutralization is the result of a wellformedness condition that the author calls the Laryngeal Constraint: In languages that have laryngeal neutralization, a laryngeal node is only licensed in a particular syllabic configuration; elsewhere the node will delink to repair the violation of well-formedness. This approach to neutralization is required to correctly explain the typology of laryngeal neutralization. This title will be of interest to students of language and linguistics.
