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A conversational analysis of Acholi : structure and socio-pragmatics of a Nilotic language of Uganda
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ISBN: 9004437592 9004437584 Year: 2021 Publisher: Leiden, The Netherlands ; Boston : Brill,

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A Conversational Analysis of Acholi elucidates various interaction strategies for the Nilotic language Acholi. Based on detailed examples, Maren Rüsch links the structural organization of Acholi conversations to cultural features such as politeness, language socialization and narrations. Despite common claims of universality regarding the structuring of human languages by previous authors, the study shows that some Acholi strategies differ from other languages. The verbal and non-verbal practices displayed give an in-depth insight into speakers' cognitive participation during interaction. On the basis of in-situ research in Uganda, including the collection of rich audio- and video-material, this volume provides an innovative approach to language documentation and description and constitutes a thorough conversation analytic study of an African language.


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A reference grammar of Old Nubian
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ISBN: 9789042941854 9042941855 9042941863 Year: 2021 Publisher: Leuven Paris Bristol, CT Peeters

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This reference grammar provides a novel and detailed overview of Old Nubian, an extinct Nilo-Saharan language written in the Nubian kingdom of Makuria between the 8th and 15th centuries CE. Including more than 700 glossed examples sourced from manuscripts and inscriptions covering the entire written record, this standard work treats Old Nubian syntax, topic/focus constructions, subordination and coordination, verbal morphology including person, aspect, tense, pluractionality, affirmation, and negation, nominal morphology, derivation, and phonology. The grammar is aimed both at scholars working in the fields of Nubiology, Egyptology, and Near Eastern Studies curious to gain a better understanding of one of the lesser studied languages from the medieval period, and linguists interested in one of the few historical languages of which written records have survived on the African continent.

Introduction to Old Nubian
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ISSN: 01383663 ISBN: 3050008296 9783050008295 Year: 1989 Volume: 11 Publisher: Berlin: Akademie,

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The Sudanic Languages
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Year: 1920 Publisher: London Cambridge University Press on behalf of the School of Oriental and African Studies

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Old Nubian dictionary : appendices
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ISBN: 9068319256 2877233359 9789068319255 Year: 1997 Volume: 92 562 Publisher: Leuven Peeters

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Nubians and the nubian language in contemporary Egypt : a case of cultural and linguistic contact
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ISBN: 9004091971 900434831X 9789004348318 9789004091979 Year: 1991 Publisher: Leiden New York Köln Brill

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The displacement of the Egyptian Nubians from their ancient lands and their resettlement deeper in the land of Egypt in 1964 had an impact on Nubian culture and the Nubian language. Contemporary Egyptian Nubian consists of two dialects, Fadicca and Matoki. After the resettlement of Nubians, the interactions between speakers of the two Nubian dialects and speakers of Arabic increased. Nubian, an East Sudanic language, came into contact with a dominant Semitic language, Arabic. How has this increased contact affected the Nubian language in Egypt? The aim of this work is to examine from the perspective of a 'language-contact situation' the impact of the resettlement on the future of the Nubian language. The comparative data on the Nubian situation will add an important contribution to our fund of knowledge on processes of language contact. This is the first sociolinguistic study of the Nubian language from such a perspective.

Old Nubian dictionary
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ISBN: 9068317873 2877232948 9789068317879 Year: 1996 Volume: 90 556 Publisher: Leuven Peeters


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Le méroïtique et sa famille linguistique
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ISBN: 9789042922372 9782758400790 9042922370 Year: 2010 Volume: 14 454 Publisher: Louvain: Peeters,


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The languages of Tanzania : a bibliography
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ISBN: 9173464546 9789173464543 Year: 2002 Volume: 17 Publisher: Göteborg: Acta Universitatis Gothoburgensis,

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African languages --- Bantu languages --- Khoisan languages --- Nilotic languages --- Cushitic languages, Southern --- English language --- Indo-Aryan languages --- Arabic language --- Dialects --- Tanzania --- Languages --- Eastern Sudanic languages --- Click languages, Non-Bantu --- Non-Bantu click languages --- Indic languages (Indo-Aryan) --- Indo-Iranian languages --- Germanic languages --- South Cushitic languages --- Southern Cushitic languages --- Kintu languages --- Ntu languages --- Sintu languages --- Benue-Congo languages --- Semitic languages --- Tansania --- Tānzāniyā --- United Republic of Tanzania --- United Republic of Tanganyika and Zanzibar --- Tʻan-sang-ni-ya --- Obʺedinennai︠a︡ Respublika Tanzanii︠a︡ --- Tanzanier --- Tanzanie --- Tanganyika and Zanzibar --- Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania --- تنزانيا --- Танзанія --- Tanzanii︠a︡ --- Аб'яднаная Рэспубліка Танзанія --- Ab'i︠a︡dnanai︠a︡ Rėspublika Tanzanii︠a︡ --- Танзания --- Обединена република Танзания --- Obedinena republika Tanzanii︠a︡ --- Τανζανία --- Ενωμένη Δημοκρατία της Τανζανίας --- Henōmenē Dēmokratia tēs Tanzanias --- 탄자니아 --- Tʻanjania --- タンザニア --- Объединённая Республика Танзания --- Танзанија --- Tanzanija --- Уједињена Република Танзанија --- Ujedinjena Republika Tanzanija --- Об'єднана Республіка Танзанія --- Ob'i︠e︡dnana Respublika Tanzanii︠a︡ --- 坦桑尼亚 --- Tansangniya --- Tanganyika --- Zanzibar --- African languages - Tanzania - Bibliography. --- Bantu languages - Tanzania - Bibliography. --- Khoisan languages - Tanzania - Bibliography. --- Nilotic languages - Tanzania - Bibliography. --- Cushitic languages, Southern - Tanzania - Bibliography. --- English language - Dialects - Tanzania - Bibliography. --- Indo-Aryan languages - Tanzania - Bibliography. --- Arabic language - Tanzania - Bibliography. --- Bantu languages - Tanzania - Bibliography --- Khoisan languages - Tanzania - Bibliography --- Nilotic languages - Tanzania - Bibliography --- Cushitic languages, Southern - Tanzania - Bibliography --- English language - Dialects - Tanzania - Bibliography --- Indo-Aryan languages - Tanzania - Bibliography --- Arabic language - Tanzania - Bibliography --- Tanzania - Languages - Bibliography

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