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Susylowati, Eka; Sumarlam; Abdullah, Wakit; Marmanto, Sri – Arab World English Journal, 2019
The multi-ethnic and multi-lingual society of Islamic boarding school students ("santri") involves the occurrence of code switching. This research aims to reveal the code switching patterns by female students in daily communication in Islamic school Al-Mukmin Ngruki Islamic Boarding School and Assalaam Islamic Modern Boarding School in…
Descriptors: Females, Code Switching (Language), Boarding Schools, Language Usage
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Nkemleke, Daniel – Indian Journal of Applied Linguistics, 2007
This contribution investigates the frequency patterns of the modal verbs as they occur in the one-million-word corpus of Cameroon written English. An analysis of dominant senses of some of the modals is also attempted. I have used results and statistical figures from British and American English (as reported in studies such as Biber et al. 1999…
Descriptors: Verbs, Foreign Countries, North American English, Language Usage
Mann, Charles C. – 1993
An analysis of the polysemic nature of prepositions in pidgins and creoles (PCs) looks at the analytic nature of PCs and the pervasive variability in their grammars, and then focuses on usage of the preposition "fo" in Anglo-Nigerian Pidgin (ANP), likely borrowed from the English "for." It is argued that while this is not the…
Descriptors: African Languages, Creoles, English, Foreign Countries
Nicol, Joseph – 1968
This is a Mandinka-French glossary designed for students of Mandinka. In addition to the French translation, sample sentences and their translations are provided, and notes on grammar and usage are given for some entries. (CLK)
Descriptors: African Languages, French, Glossaries, Instructional Materials
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Fitzgerald, Dale K. – 1970
This paper analyzes the prophetic speech of Ga spirit mediums in terms of its linguistic style and its socio-religious function. As used in the study, "prophetic speech" is understood to have two major characteristics: (1) glossolalic style, and (2) prophetic message content, and it is used by people believed to be possessed by spirits. Prophetic…
Descriptors: African Languages, Ga, Language Patterns, Language Research
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Afful, Joseph Benjamin Archibald – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2006
Following the study of Gilman and Ford on address terms, an increasing number of studies have been conducted in several sociocultural settings. In line with this trend, the present study attempts to describe and explain address terms among the Akans of postcolonial Ghana. Using observation as the main research tool corroborated by interview and…
Descriptors: Language Patterns, Observation, Foreign Countries, Interpersonal Communication
Mann, Charles C. – International Journal of Sociology of Language, 1993
An analysis of the status of Anglo-Nigerian Pidgin (ANP) looks at its origins and evolution in Nigerian history, its location in the Nigerian language situation, and its current sociolinguistic status. It is concluded that ANP possesses linguistic structures that have stabilized enough to give the speaker an impression of good and bad grammar.…
Descriptors: African Languages, Foreign Countries, Intercultural Communication, Language Patterns
Omar, Alwiya S. – 1993
A study investigated the ways in which native and non-native speakers of Kiswahili close conversations. Native speaker data were obtained from observation and field notes, recorded face-to-face interactions, recorded telephone conversations, reconstructed dialogues, and televised plays. Non-native speaker (American) data were drawn from role-play…
Descriptors: African Languages, Comparative Analysis, Foreign Countries, Interpersonal Communication
Woods, David R. – 1994
A study investigated four issues in language usage in the Republic of Congo: (1) the extent of intergenerational language shift; (2) patterns in language repertoire; (3) patterns of language usage among four generations, four topics of conversation, and four different locations; and (4) language usage differences in age groups. The languages…
Descriptors: African Languages, Age Differences, Diachronic Linguistics, Foreign Countries
Berlin, Brent – 1969
Criticism has been directed at a growing body of literature broadly referred to as ethnoscience, ethnosemantics, folk science, ethnographic semantics, and cognitive anthropology. Criticisms concern methodological and analytic aspects of ethnoscientific procedure, and the directions of ethnosemantic research from a theoretical point of view. The…
Descriptors: African Languages, Anthropology, Classification, Color
Kamoga, Frederick K. – 1969
This Luganda textbook for Peace Corps Luganda students follows the first book (1968). The fifteen lessons alternate between conversations on various subjects, to enable students to improve their speaking ability, and notes on grammar, to enable students to gain more confidence in their use of the language. A few lines extracted from the local…
Descriptors: Adjectives, African Languages, Bantu Languages, Ganda
Kamoga, Frederick K. – 1971
This Lunyoro/Rutoro textbook is designed for Peace Corps volunteers, and contains 32 lessons. Lessons consist of sample phrases that the students are intended to master and dialogues and conversations built around the sample phrases and key vocabulary. Topics covered include learning names, meals and the ordering and buying of food, the weather,…
Descriptors: African Languages, Audiolingual Methods, Conversational Language Courses, Grammar
Kamoga, Frederick K. – 1971
This Madi textbook is designed for Peace Corps volunteers, and contains 32 lessons. Lessons consist of sample phrases that the students are intended to master and dialogues and conversations built around the sample phrases and key vocabulary. Topics covered include learning names, meals and the ordering and buying of food, the weather, health,…
Descriptors: African Languages, Audiolingual Methods, Conversational Language Courses, Grammar
Kamoga, Frederick K. – 1971
Lwo is the name given to a group of dialects spoken by Northern Ugandans. This Lwo textbook contains 95 lessons, and was designed for Peace Corps volunteers. Lessons include pattern drills, conversations and some notes on grammar and usage. Eight model conversations are distributed throughout the text at regular intervals. The lessons are followed…
Descriptors: African Languages, Audiolingual Methods, Conversational Language Courses, Grammar
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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
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