I have been Professor of African Languages at Gothenburg University, Sweden, and before that Professor of Latin at the same university. After retirement, I have become affiliated to the Department of Linguistics at Stockholm University.
... If those who make tools have to be able to speak, languages must have existed for much longer... more ... If those who make tools have to be able to speak, languages must have existed for much longer, conceivably as long as a couple of million years. ... A linguist should preferably live with the speakers for a year or longer in order to make a full and reliable description. ...
... Mechanisms of language change in Latin. Post a Comment. CONTRIBUTORS: Author: Janson, Tore (b... more ... Mechanisms of language change in Latin. Post a Comment. CONTRIBUTORS: Author: Janson, Tore (b. 1936, d. ----. PUBLISHER: Almqvist & Wiksell International (Stockholm). SERIES TITLE: YEAR: 1979. PUB TYPE: Book (ISBN 9122001948 ). VOLUME/EDITION: ...
The article contains a first systematic description of the consonant phonemes in Changana/Tsonga,... more The article contains a first systematic description of the consonant phonemes in Changana/Tsonga, based mainly on standard grammars and dictionaries (Baumbach 1987, Cuénod 1967, Ribeiro 1965, Sitoe 1996). The number of distinctive phonemes is extremely high, around 125. The systems of stops and affricates are shown to be very complex. Several sounds are quite unusual or unique, in particular the prenasalised voiced aspirated stops and affricates. Phonological and orthographic differences between the standard forms in South Africa and in Mozambique are discussed.
... If those who make tools have to be able to speak, languages must have existed for much longer... more ... If those who make tools have to be able to speak, languages must have existed for much longer, conceivably as long as a couple of million years. ... A linguist should preferably live with the speakers for a year or longer in order to make a full and reliable description. ...
... Mechanisms of language change in Latin. Post a Comment. CONTRIBUTORS: Author: Janson, Tore (b... more ... Mechanisms of language change in Latin. Post a Comment. CONTRIBUTORS: Author: Janson, Tore (b. 1936, d. ----. PUBLISHER: Almqvist & Wiksell International (Stockholm). SERIES TITLE: YEAR: 1979. PUB TYPE: Book (ISBN 9122001948 ). VOLUME/EDITION: ...
The article contains a first systematic description of the consonant phonemes in Changana/Tsonga,... more The article contains a first systematic description of the consonant phonemes in Changana/Tsonga, based mainly on standard grammars and dictionaries (Baumbach 1987, Cuénod 1967, Ribeiro 1965, Sitoe 1996). The number of distinctive phonemes is extremely high, around 125. The systems of stops and affricates are shown to be very complex. Several sounds are quite unusual or unique, in particular the prenasalised voiced aspirated stops and affricates. Phonological and orthographic differences between the standard forms in South Africa and in Mozambique are discussed.
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