West African Languages : Medium and Message

West African Languages : Medium and Message

Indigenous knowledge in Africa, and the world over, is expressed in language, and usually in an "indigenous" language - in short, the mother tongue of inhabitants of the locality, or a lingua franca in regular usage by them. Are these lan...

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Main Author: Easton, Peter
Format: Brief
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:
AFRICAN LANGUAGES
ASSIMILATION
ATTENTION
CODES
CREATIVITY
CULTURES
FILM
GENDER
GRAMMAR
HABITS
INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE
INTUITION
LANGUAGES
LEARNING
MEANING
PREHISTORY
SPEECH
TERMINOLOGY
TRADITIONS LANGUAGES
LINGUISTICS
AFRICAN STUDIES
LOCAL KNOWLEDGE
LOCAL LANGUAGES
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/02/1089547/west-african-languages-medium-message
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spelling okr-10986-108092021-06-14T11:02:24Z West African Languages : Medium and Message Easton, Peter AFRICAN LANGUAGES ASSIMILATION ATTENTION CODES CREATIVITY CULTURES FILM GENDER GRAMMAR HABITS INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE INTUITION LANGUAGES LEARNING MEANING PREHISTORY SPEECH TERMINOLOGY TRADITIONS LANGUAGES LINGUISTICS AFRICAN STUDIES GRAMMAR LOCAL KNOWLEDGE LOCAL LANGUAGES INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE Indigenous knowledge in Africa, and the world over, is expressed in language, and usually in an "indigenous" language - in short, the mother tongue of inhabitants of the locality, or a lingua franca in regular usage by them. Are these languages simply a neutral medium? Are they just instrumental "vehicles" for the expression of local knowledge and daily life? Or do the languages themselves play some role, by their very structure and usage, in what is thought and known? The examples in this Note are principally drawn from Hausa, the second most widespread tongue in Africa and a member of the "Chadic" group of languages. It is principally spoken in northern Nigeria and central Niger, but is used as well as in several other countries of the region. The patterns are nonetheless roughly representative of a host of western and central African language traditions. 2012-08-13T13:10:37Z 2012-08-13T13:10:37Z 2001-02 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/02/1089547/west-african-languages-medium-message http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10809 English Indigenous Knowledge (IK) Notes; No. 29 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Brief Publications & Research Africa
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topic AFRICAN LANGUAGES
ASSIMILATION
ATTENTION
CODES
CREATIVITY
CULTURES
FILM
GENDER
GRAMMAR
HABITS
INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE
INTUITION
LANGUAGES
LEARNING
MEANING
PREHISTORY
SPEECH
TERMINOLOGY
TRADITIONS LANGUAGES
LINGUISTICS
AFRICAN STUDIES
GRAMMAR
LOCAL KNOWLEDGE
LOCAL LANGUAGES
INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE
spellingShingle AFRICAN LANGUAGES
ASSIMILATION
ATTENTION
CODES
CREATIVITY
CULTURES
FILM
GENDER
GRAMMAR
HABITS
INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE
INTUITION
LANGUAGES
LEARNING
MEANING
PREHISTORY
SPEECH
TERMINOLOGY
TRADITIONS LANGUAGES
LINGUISTICS
AFRICAN STUDIES
GRAMMAR
LOCAL KNOWLEDGE
LOCAL LANGUAGES
INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE
Easton, Peter
West African Languages : Medium and Message
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description Indigenous knowledge in Africa, and the world over, is expressed in language, and usually in an "indigenous" language - in short, the mother tongue of inhabitants of the locality, or a lingua franca in regular usage by them. Are these languages simply a neutral medium? Are they just instrumental "vehicles" for the expression of local knowledge and daily life? Or do the languages themselves play some role, by their very structure and usage, in what is thought and known? The examples in this Note are principally drawn from Hausa, the second most widespread tongue in Africa and a member of the "Chadic" group of languages. It is principally spoken in northern Nigeria and central Niger, but is used as well as in several other countries of the region. The patterns are nonetheless roughly representative of a host of western and central African language traditions.
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author Easton, Peter
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title West African Languages : Medium and Message
title_short West African Languages : Medium and Message
title_full West African Languages : Medium and Message
title_fullStr West African Languages : Medium and Message
title_full_unstemmed West African Languages : Medium and Message
title_sort west african languages : medium and message
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2012
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