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Full-Text Articles in Social and Behavioral Sciences
Devil And Tapster 3, George Tucker Childs
Devil And Tapster 3, George Tucker Childs
Mani, a Disappearing Language of Sierra Leone and Guinea
Transcriptions of the third of three parts of the telling of the folk tale "Devil and the tapster," by Amara Camara in Palatougou.
Herbalist (Part 2), George Tucker Childs
Herbalist (Part 2), George Tucker Childs
Mani, a Disappearing Language of Sierra Leone and Guinea
The second of three parts of the story "The Herbalist," as told by Amara Camara in Palatougou.
Herbalist (Part 3), George Tucker Childs
Herbalist (Part 3), George Tucker Childs
Mani, a Disappearing Language of Sierra Leone and Guinea
The third of three parts of the story "The Herbalist," as told by Amara Camara in Palatougou.
Dog And Monkey (Part 2), George Tucker Childs
Dog And Monkey (Part 2), George Tucker Childs
Mani, a Disappearing Language of Sierra Leone and Guinea
Transcriptions of the folk tale "Dog and monkey" as told by Kaba Camara in Palatougou.
Why Dogs Have No Names (Part 2), George Tucker Childs
Why Dogs Have No Names (Part 2), George Tucker Childs
Mani, a Disappearing Language of Sierra Leone and Guinea
Part 2 of "Why dogs have no names," as told by Kaba Camara in Palatougou. The audio version of this folk tale can be found here.
River Of No Return: The Willamette Regenerates, Gabriel Boehmer
River Of No Return: The Willamette Regenerates, Gabriel Boehmer
Institute of Portland Metropolitan Studies Publications
Brief article takes a look at the history and possible future of the Willamette River, with special focus on controlling pollution, restoration, and activities of groups like Willamette Riverkeeper.
A Man And His Four Wives (Part 2), George Tucker Childs
A Man And His Four Wives (Part 2), George Tucker Childs
Mani, a Disappearing Language of Sierra Leone and Guinea
The second of four parts of the telling of the folk tale "A man and his four wives."
A Man And His Four Wives (Part 3), George Tucker Childs
A Man And His Four Wives (Part 3), George Tucker Childs
Mani, a Disappearing Language of Sierra Leone and Guinea
The third of four parts of the telling of the folk tale "A man and his four wives."
The S-Aux-O-V-Other Syntagm In Atlantic, George Tucker Childs
The S-Aux-O-V-Other Syntagm In Atlantic, George Tucker Childs
Applied Linguistics Faculty Publications and Presentations
As the largest language phylum in the world and the most geographically widespread (Williamson & Blench 2000), Niger-Congo understandably exhibits some variation at all grammatical levels. Basic word order stands as no exception to this generalization, and there have been partisans for both an SOY and an SVO reconstructed word order. Gensler 1994 attempts to reconcile the two by claiming that neither proposal is correct; he suggests that both SOY and SVO are derived from Proto-Niger-Congo *S-AUX-O-V-Other. Because of the pattern's "quirkiness" (being found virtually nowhere else in the world) and because it is so widely attested in geographically widely …
Mani History, George Tucker Childs
Mani History, George Tucker Childs
Mani, a Disappearing Language of Sierra Leone and Guinea
Audio and transcriptions of an interview with Morlaye Boyo Keita, who describes the history of the Mani people, and how they came to be situated in their current location