It is home to the three major language families on the african continent. The purpose of the journal of west african languages is to publish articles of good quality and interest in all aspects of language and linguistics that are. One of the most significant strands in the debate is a small but growing body of literature describing formal experiments. African court of justiceafrican court of human rights and justice. History economic community of west african statesecowas. Phonological and phonetic characteristics of african. From the precolonial to the modern day toyin falola and tyler fleming encyclopedia of life support systems eolss dissolved by the midseventeenth century as economic, military and political systems shifted due to the slave trades impact. View west african languages research papers on academia. The journal of translation is an academic journal of translation theory and practice with a special interest in bible translation and in translation involving minority languages and cultures. South african journal of african languages 19, 1, 211. Structure of sweet potato ipomoea batatas diversity in west. It is a gap we have heard mentioned by many, both col. African journal of library, archives and information science. The united nations defines western africa as the 16 countries of benin, burkina faso, cape verde, the gambia, ghana, guinea, guineabissau, ivory coast, liberia, mali, mauritania, niger, nigeria, senegal, sierra leone and togo, as well as the united kingdom overseas territory of saint helena, ascension and tristan da cunha.
Rate and pattern of mutation at microsatellite loci in maize. Phonological and phonetic characteristics of african american. Style of language use in childhood in yoruba speech community ayeomoni, m. The journal was founded in 1964 by the west african linguistic society, and has been in publication ever since. Journal of african languages and linguistics rg journal. Lodhi university of uppsala, sweden the african continent and the nearby islands constitute onefourth of the land surface of the earth. Journal of west african languages dlc 64009419 ocolc844072. Eric ed370368 serial verb nominalisations in dagaare. The correct interpretation and translation of these six languages, in both spoken and. Provinces were free to choose which of the official languages to declare as official languages at regional level barkhuizen and gough, 1996. Many of these publishers cite lack of readership in indigenous languages as a reason for this move which is frustrating efforts at indigenisation and domestication and increase dependency on foreign languages, notably english.
These occur not only in west african countries but are also found in other parts of subsaharan africa. Postcolonial perspectives in african biblical interpretations edited by musa w. Journal of african cultural studies 1998 current formerly known as. Current archives about about the journal information for authors contact register login home archives vol 39 no 2 2019 published. It is the official publication of the west african linguistic society history.
It is a zuluxhosa word, with parallels in many other african languages. Internet resource, computer file, journal magazine newspaper. Except for arabic and hausa, the major languages are from the nigercongo family. The journal of african languages and linguistics welcomes original contributions on all aspects of african language studies, synchronic as well as diachronic, theoretical as well as dataoriented. Mother tongue debate and language policy in south africa. Why are more african countries adopting english as an. Located at the cutting edge of new scholarship on the social, cultural, economic, and political history of west africa, jwah fills a representational gap by providing a forum for. African language resources on the internet columbia. All journal articles featured in south african journal of african languages vol 40 issue 1. Obafemi awolowo university, ileife, nigeria abstract this article is the report of an investigation into the types of languages acquired at different. The concept of ubuntu is an alternative to individualistic and utilitarian philosophies that tend to dominate in the west. Located at the cutting edge of new scholarship on the social, cultural, economic, and political history of west africa, jwah fills a representational gap by providing a forum for serious scholarship and debate on.
According to ubuntu, there exists a common bond between all human beings. However, the remaining language groups are wellrepresented as the continental subregion is home to native speakers of over 500 languages. In phonetics and phonology, special issue, language and linguistics 5. World civilizations and history of human development african civilizations. Samuel 1989, ehret 1995, heine 1970, 1976a, there are books about african languages in languages other than english alexandre 1967, heine et al.
Pdf under the auspices of the west african linguistic society wals, the university of ibadan hosted. In addition, in 2004 and 2005, mali, niger and senegal registered drought, all of which caused extensive economic loss. Cartography and empire building in nineteenthcentury west africa. Volume 32 2020 volume 31 2019 volume 30 2018 volume 29 2017 volume 28 2016 volume 27 2015 volume 26 2014.
English was thus used as a supplementary language and not a primary pidginised one as was the case in west africa for many speakers. West african linguistic society, 1964 since 2015, this journal has been open access. Of the estimated 6,200 languages and dialects in the. This was a way of promoting african languages which were neglected in the past. West african languages have the largest concentration of fi rst and secondlanguage. Of these estimated 800 languages only 50 have more than 500,000 speakers and only 10 have more than one million speakers. It is a longstanding parallel system of education, yet, relatively unknown to development planers, thus seldom taken into explicit account in their policies, and strategies. The journal, to be issued three times yearly, will include articles in english, french, and german on all aspects of african language studies. West mande languages reveal the traces of some archaic features 9 or 10vowel system with. The language situation in africa today abdulaziz y. The journal was established in 1964 and up to volume 8 published by cambridge university press. This paper examines nominalization and serial verb construction svc in dagaare, a west african language. The journal of african languages and linguistics was founded in 1979 and has established itself as an important refereed forum for publications in african linguistics.
Afro asian journal of social sciences volume 1, no. Vigouroux y, jaqueth js, matsuoka y, smith os, beavis wd, smith js, et al. Its purpose is to encourage scholarship, to enlighten the reader, to stimulate thought and discussion, and to promote appropriate crosscultural and crosslinguistic communication. Honours dissertation, department of english, national university of. Phonological and phonetic characteristics of african american vernacular english erik r. It is the official publication of the west african linguistic society. Thomas north carolina state university abstract the numerous controversies surrounding african american vernacular english can be illuminated by data from phonological and phonetic variables. The language situation in africa today nordic journal of. Shuttle between interlanguage and relexification in the west. Saharan oceans and bridges, barriers and divides in africas historiographical landscape. It was subsequently taken over by the west african linguistic society.
Major publishers in many parts of africa are conspicuous by their reluctance to publish in indigenous african languages. Burkina faso, like other countries of the west africa subregion faces similar hazards. List of issues south african journal of african languages. The journal of african languages and linguistics welcomes original contributions on all aspects of african language studies, synchronic as well as diachronic, theoretical as well. Browse the list of issues and latest articles from south african journal of african languages. Variations of overt and covert language practices of educators in the north west province. Institute of african studies west african languages survey west african linguistic society. But there is no uptodate, reasonably comprehensive, basic introduction to african languages in english.
The west african linguistic society wals was formed in 1965 with the aim of fostering and encouraging research in the languages of west africa and providing a permanent forum for interaction and exchange of ideas among scholars of african languages. Approximately 460 million people live in africa which is about 11% of the worlds population. African languages and cultures 1988 1997 browse the list of issues and latest articles from journal of african cultural studies. There is an ongoing debate about how tone should be represented in the emerging orthographies of african languages. However, an african renaissance calls for a deeper understanding of and greater resort to african knowhow, values and wisdom, and a new lens through. Languages under article 11 of the protocol to the au.
African languages an introduction semantic scholar. African journal of international affairs and development. Hyman and kenneth vanbik 2004 directional rule application and output problems in hakha lai tone. The purpose of the journal of west african languages is to publish articles of good quality and interest in all aspects of language and linguistics that are relevant to the area of west africa, which may be defined as subsaharan africa, extending into central africa. It discusses nominalization theory and its relation to germanic languages such as english, german, and dutch, using insights gained from the study of these languages to help illuminate nominalization in dagaare and other similar west african languages. Reflections on language choices by front office personnel in formal.
Sarfo a mulugeta gebregziabher b bruce ovbiagele b rufus akinyemi c lukman owolabi d reginald obiako e kevin armstrong b oyedunni arulogun f albert akpalu g sylvia melikam f. Published by the cambridge university press in association with the institute of african studies, university of ibadan, 1964. Validation of the 8item questionnaire for verifying stroke. The note examines the practical, and literate skills that students acquire at different levels in west african koranic schools. The journal of west african languages is now a free, openaccess, online journal. Languages west africa language families few regions of the world boast as diverse and dense a collection of language families as west africa. A sociosemiotic analysis of nativeenglish and lesothoenglish kinship terms. Objective the journal of african languages and linguistics was founded in 1979 and has established itself as an important refereed forum for publications in african linguistics.
Journal of west african languages volume 46, number 2 the purpose of the journal of west african languages is to publish articles of good quality and interest in all aspects of language and linguistics that are relevant to the area of west africa, which may be defined as. Readings and films africa and the politics of knowledge. Issn 02560100 print, issn 20763433 online view back issues of saje from 2006 2010 at archives, full pdf text available. African journal of international and comparative law.
Why and how africa should invest in african languages and. But in spite of their various cultures, africans do share some dominant traits in their. Journal of west african languages volume 38, number 1. It consists of the mambiloid languages including two outlying languages sometimes not included in mambiloid, ndoro and fam, the dakoid languages and the tikar language, all in nigeria and cameroon, and the southern bantoid languages, a major division which also includes the bantu languages. A lexicostatistical survey of the setswana dialects spoken in botswana. Cambridge university press in association with the institute of african studies, university of ibadan. Membership of the society is largely drawn from teachers and researchers in universities and research institutes and they include scholars from.
Lasujournal of the linguistics associationof southern african. Bantoid is a putative major division of the benuecongo branch of the nigercongo language family. These are arabic, chinese, english, french, russian and spanish. Dating back to precolonial times, west africans have been among the worlds most mobile populations although much of the migration had been intraregional. Based on that, there is a serious argument among african critics about which languages would be authentic in writing african literature. This new journal in the field of african language studies will be published for the first time in the spring of 1962. Professor chantal zabus is one of the earliest non african africanists who researched into the nature, structure and usage of european languages in african literature. Many of these languages are local, tribal languages with limited utility beyond their local region gordon, 2005. The facebook page of the journal of west african languages.
Society of biblical literature global perspectives on biblical scholarship. On the socalled mutual intelligibility among etsako dialects. Official journal of the education association of south africa easa. Presented at african studies association annual conference, november 23, 20 baltimore, maryland patrick plonski, phd 287 wilder street north st. A pdf version of this book is available on the websites above. Included in the social sciences citation index isi and ibss. Peter ladefoged, a phonetic study of west african languages. List of issues volume 40 2020 volume 39 2019 volume 38 2018 volume 37 2017 volume 36 2016 volume 35 2015 volume 34 2014 volume 33 20 volume 32 2012 volume 31 2011 volume 30 2010 volume 29 2009 volume 28 2008. From 2015, all issues of the journal will be published on this website, and will be immediately accessible to linguists the world over, without the need to register or subscribe. The gulf between the south mande and the west mande languages in what concerns their phonological structures types turns to be not as wide as it may seem. Indigenization of language in the west african europhone novel, which examines the contact of some west african languages with. South african journal of african languages national.
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