West African languages
The monograph covers the main aspects of studies on West African languages related to the diversity of structural patterns and complexity of their linguistic assignment. It includes various topics ranging from linguistic description and conceptualization patterns to the sociolinguistics of contempor...
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| description | The monograph covers the main aspects of studies on West African languages related to the diversity of structural patterns and complexity of their linguistic assignment. It includes various topics ranging from linguistic description and conceptualization patterns to the sociolinguistics of contemporary refugee camps. Typological diversity is enriched with the presentation of pidgin structures and sign languages. Structural differences between languages are seen from a comparative perspective, which also indicates the areal dimension of linguistic processes. The presentations of linguists from both Europe and Africa develop the idea of convergence area in West Africa, which is motivated by the contact between languages of different affiliations to language families and common cultural basis of language development. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1667002025-09-25T10:56:30Z West African languages Pawlak, Nina Will, Izabela West African languages areal features language communication idiomatic expressions lingua franca thema EDItEUR::C Language and Linguistics The monograph covers the main aspects of studies on West African languages related to the diversity of structural patterns and complexity of their linguistic assignment. It includes various topics ranging from linguistic description and conceptualization patterns to the sociolinguistics of contemporary refugee camps. Typological diversity is enriched with the presentation of pidgin structures and sign languages. Structural differences between languages are seen from a comparative perspective, which also indicates the areal dimension of linguistic processes. The presentations of linguists from both Europe and Africa develop the idea of convergence area in West Africa, which is motivated by the contact between languages of different affiliations to language families and common cultural basis of language development. Published The monograph covers the main aspects of studies on West African languages related to the diversity of structural patterns and complexity of their linguistic assignment. It includes various topics ranging from linguistic description and conceptualization patterns to the sociolinguistics of contemporary refugee camps. Typological diversity is enriched with the presentation of pidgin structures and sign languages. Structural differences between languages are seen from a comparative perspective, which also indicates the areal dimension of linguistic processes. The presentations of linguists from both Europe and Africa develop the idea of convergence area in West Africa, which is motivated by the contact between languages of different affiliations to language families and common cultural basis of language development. 2025-09-25T10:56:28Z 2025-09-25T10:56:28Z 2020 book 978-83-235-4631-37 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/166700 eng image/jpeg Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International https://www.wuw.pl/product-eng-13512-West-African-languages-Linguistic-theory-and-communication-EBOOK.html https://www.wuw.pl/product-eng-13512-West-African-languages-Linguistic-theory-and-communication-EBOOK.html University of Warsaw Press 10.31338/uw.9788323546313 The monograph covers the main aspects of studies on West African languages related to the diversity of structural patterns and complexity of their linguistic assignment. It includes various topics ranging from linguistic description and conceptualization patterns to the sociolinguistics of contemporary refugee camps. Typological diversity is enriched with the presentation of pidgin structures and sign languages. Structural differences between languages are seen from a comparative perspective, which also indicates the areal dimension of linguistic processes. The presentations of linguists from both Europe and Africa develop the idea of convergence area in West Africa, which is motivated by the contact between languages of different affiliations to language families and common cultural basis of language development. 10.31338/uw.9788323546313 79fa9a24-fa27-4737-8b89-c7c7ac578670 978-83-235-4631-37 300 Warsaw open access |
| spellingShingle | West African languages areal features language communication idiomatic expressions lingua franca thema EDItEUR::C Language and Linguistics West African languages |
| title | West African languages |
| title_full | West African languages |
| title_fullStr | West African languages |
| title_full_unstemmed | West African languages |
| title_short | West African languages |
| title_sort | west african languages |
| topic | West African languages areal features language communication idiomatic expressions lingua franca thema EDItEUR::C Language and Linguistics |
| topic_facet | West African languages areal features language communication idiomatic expressions lingua franca thema EDItEUR::C Language and Linguistics |
| url | https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/166700 |