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Investigating Grammatical Variation in Swahili ...
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This talk explores issues involved in investigating dialectal variation in Swahili. We report on a new collaborative project ‘Grammatical variation in Swahili: contact, change and identity’ which seeks to explore factors involved in present-day variation in Swahili. Dialectal variation in Swahili, particularly in relation to phonology and morphology, has long been noted (e.g. Bakari 1985, Stigand 1915). However, there has been little attention paid to structural variation. We are also interested in investigating the relationship between dialectal variation and language contact to better understand how multilingualism and language use affect variation in present-day Swahili. This project is set against the backdrop of existing syntax dialect projects and microvariation projects on a range of other languages (e.g. Scots - Smith et al. 2019, Dutch - Barbiers et al. 2005, isiXhosa - Bloom Ström 2017, etc.). The talk will explore how we may be able to draw on these projects and their methodologies, as well as the ... : Note: This talk has not gone through a process of peer review, and findings should therefore be treated as preliminary and subject to change. Acknowledgement and citation: Taji, Julius and Hannah Gibson. 2022. Investigating Grammatical Variation in Swahili. Talk given at the Rift Valley Network Webinar Series. 09/02/2022. ...
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Bantu; Dialectology; Languages of Kenya; Languages of Tanzania; Microvariation; Swahili; Syntax; Tanzanian Rift Valley Area
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URL: https://zenodo.org/record/6054204 https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6054204
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Interrelationships Between Ethnomusicology and Linguistics, with Examples from the Wider Rift Valley Region ...
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Interrelationships Between Ethnomusicology and Linguistics, with Examples from the Wider Rift Valley Region ...
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WALS Online Resources for Luo
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: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, 2021
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WALS Online Resources for Kamba
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: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, 2021
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Glottolog 4.4 Resources for Kamba (Kenya)
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: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, 2021
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Glottolog 4.4 Resources for Luo (Kenya and Tanzania)
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: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, 2021
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Lexical intensifiers in Kenyan Sign Language: Use, motivation, & etymology ...
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Mineralogy and Element geochemistry of volcanic rocks and sediments from the central Rift in Kenya ...
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A Conversation Analytic Approach to Instant Messaging Service Encounters
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In: Afrikanistik-Aegyptologie-Online ; 2019 , 1 (2020)
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Dholuo Kincepts in Western Kenya
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In: Studies in African Linguistics, Vol 49, Iss 2 (2020) (2020)
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Journal of African Christian Biography: v. 4, no. 4 ; Journal of African Christian Biography
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Multilingual assessment of early child development: Analyses from repeated observations of children in Kenya.
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In: Developmental Science, vol 22, iss 5 (2019)
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