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Herbert, Robert K., Ed. – 1975
This volume contains the proceedings of the symposium on African language, culture and society held at Ohio State University. Six of the papers deal with the related issues of language reform and language planning, including such aspects as the choice of national and official languages. They include both general proposals for theoretical models as…
Descriptors: African Culture, African Languages, African Literature, Creoles

Herbert, Robert K., Ed. – 1975
This volume contains a selection of 27 papers presented at the Sixth Conference on African Linguistics. The papers cover a very wide range of topics, and are organized into three sections: (1) Historical and Comparative Studies; (2) Phonology; and (3) Syntax. The conference program, the program of the symposium on African language, culture and…
Descriptors: African Languages, Bantu Languages, Contrastive Linguistics, Creoles
Joseph, Brian D., Ed.; Zwicky, Arnold M., Ed. – 1990
Papers from the conference on the occurrence of verbal constituents in series in certain languages, particularly pidgins and creoles, include the following: "What Are We Talking About When We Talk About Serial Verbs?" (Arnold M. Zwicky); "Serial Verb Constructions" (Pieter Seuren); "On the Definition and Distribution of…
Descriptors: Arabic, Chinese, Creoles, Definitions