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2003

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Full-Text Articles in African Languages and Societies

Alcohol As Incentive In The Mixed Economy Of The Pre-Colonial Batswana, David Suggs Dec 2002

Alcohol As Incentive In The Mixed Economy Of The Pre-Colonial Batswana, David Suggs

David Suggs

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Igbo Folk Idioms In Caribbean Phrase, Chukwuma Azuonye Dec 2002

Igbo Folk Idioms In Caribbean Phrase, Chukwuma Azuonye

Chukwuma Azuonye

This paper analyses a corpus of phrases from Jamaican and other Caribbean folk speech with a view to ascertaing their possible Igbo provenance. There seems to be an overwhelming match in terms of morphology and meaning between these Jamaican phrases and some common Igbo idioms. It is however worthy of note that the matching of Igbo and Caribbean or Black American idioms, no matter how persuasive the results may be, cannot produce conclusive evidence of Igbo presence in any particular area or among any particular population sample. Studies of mother-tongue interference in various African Englishes and comparative studies of the …

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Towards The Creation Of A Dictionary Culture In South Africa, Michele Van Der Merwe Dec 2002

Towards The Creation Of A Dictionary Culture In South Africa, Michele Van Der Merwe

Michele Van Der Merwe

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