Research Catalog

Title

African linguistics and the development of African communities / edited by Emmanuel N. Chia = La linguistique africaine et le développement des communautés africaines / sous la direction de Emmanuel N. Chia.

Publication

Dakar, Senegal : Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa, c2006.

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Details

Additional Authors

Chia, Emmanuel.

Description

xv, 253 p. : ill.; 23 cm.

Series Statement

Codesria book series

Alternative Title

Linguistique africaine et le développement des communautés africaines

Subject

• African languages > Congresses
• African languages > Social aspects > Congresses
• Sociolinguistics > Africa > Congresses

Note

• "Contributions from the West African Linguistics Congress held at the University of Buea, Cameroon from the 7-9 August 2000"--Back cover.
• "23rd Congress of WALS"--Prelim.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Language (note)

• Papers in English and French.

Contents

Langues africaines, garant du succès du NEPAD / Maurice Tadadjeu -- African development : focus on the Nigerian milieu / Adeyemi Adegoju -- Langues et intégration sociale / Engelbert Teko Domche & Lem Lilian Atanga -- What can linguists do to counteract the spread of AIDS? / Ngessimo Mutaka & Swiri Roseta Ade -- Les enjeux de la traduction en langues africaines : le cas du Cameroun / Moise Ateba Ngoa -- Développement des langues gabonaises / Daniel Franck Idiata -- L'identification d'une unité-langue par l'auto-évaluation : cas du giziga, langue tchadique, dans l'Extrême-Nord Cameroun / Etienne Sadembouo -- Critères de généralisation de l'enseignement des langues maternelles dans le système éducatif / Gabriel Mba -- Efforts and challenges involved in establishing an adult literacy model for Cameroon / Emmanuel Nforbi -- The Rivers Readers Project as an attempt to develop communities / Kay Williamson -- Barriers to effective implementation of multilingual education in Cameroon / Blasius Agha-ah Chiatoh -- Rescuing endangered Cameroonian languages for national development / Emmanuel N. Chia -- Of the tongue-tied and the vanishing voices : implications for African development / Okwudishu Appolonia Uzoaku -- Initial assessment of the performance of Lamnso PROPELCA children at the first school leaving certificate examination / Emmanuel N. Chia & Laura Berinyuy Jumbam -- A linguistic-based language teaching model for deaf communities / John Ogwana and Pius Tamanji -- The "S" in ESP : will teachers' knowledge of the learners' specialty make a difference? / Ludwig N. Metuge -- The pidgin factor in the development of the Niger Delta Region of Nigeria / Rose O. Aziza -- Kamtok (Pidgin) is gaining ground in Cameroon / Miriam Ayafor -- Towards the universals of loan adaptation : the case of Cameroonian languages / Ayu'nwi N. Neba, Beban S. Chumbow, and Pius N. Tamanji -- Feature checking in optional wh-phrasal movement in Denya / Samson Negbo Abangma -- Constituent structure of the associative construction in Grassfields Bantu / Pius N. Tamanji and Gratiana L. Ndamsah.

Call Number

Sc D 07-1456

ISBN

• 2869781601
• 9782869781603

LCCN

2006315644

OCLC

70866021

Title

African linguistics and the development of African communities / edited by Emmanuel N. Chia = La linguistique africaine et le développement des communautés africaines / sous la direction de Emmanuel N. Chia.

Imprint

Dakar, Senegal : Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa, c2006.

Series

Codesria book series

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references.

Language

Papers in English and French.

Added Author

Chia, Emmanuel.

Research Call Number

Sc D 07-1456