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Word‑level replacive tonal patterns in mande nominal constructions: On Christopher Green’s binary typology

open access: yesMandenkan, 2018
The paper criticially discusses Green’s (this issue) binary typology of replacive tones in Western Mande nominal constructions. Green’s distinction between the two types of replacive tones in Western Mande is based on the existence of Word 2 to Word 2 ...
Maria Konoshenko
doaj   +1 more source

Déclinaison nominale en dan-gwèètaa (groupe mandé-sud, Côte-d'Ivoire) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
National audienceExceptionally for the Mande languages (and also for the Niger-Congo macrofamily in general), a system of nominal declension has emerged in Dan-Gweetaa, one of the languages of the South Mande group.
Vydrin, Valentin
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Dictionnaire goo – français

open access: yesMandenkan, 2020
This paper is a bilingual Goo–French dictionary. Being only a first approach to the vocabulary of Goo, the dictionary contains approximately 1200 words and expressions in Goo translated into French, irregular grammatical forms, illustrative examples and ...
Ekaterina Aplonova
doaj   +1 more source

Approximate Degree, Secret Sharing, and Concentration Phenomena [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
The epsilon-approximate degree deg~_epsilon(f) of a Boolean function f is the least degree of a real-valued polynomial that approximates f pointwise to within epsilon.
Bogdanov, Andrej   +3 more
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The morphosyntax of adjectives in Seenku [sos]

open access: yesMandenkan, 2017
Seenku (Samogo, Northwestern Mande) contains a small class of adjectives, which differ morphosyntactically from deverbal modifiers (qualificational verbs) and nouns.
Laura McPherson
doaj   +1 more source

Directive and optative clauses in Manding languages

open access: yesMandenkan, 2023
This article discusses the structure of directive and optative clauses in Manding languages. The discussion mainly relies on a comparison between the two Manding languages for which detailed data on directive and optative clauses are available: Mandinka and Bambara.
openaire   +2 more sources

Right at the left edge: initial consonant mutations in the languages of the world [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
A typological overview of initial consonant ...
Iosad, Pavel
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A sketch of dialectal variation in Mano

open access: yesMandenkan, 2018
This paper gives a preliminary account of the dialectal situation of Mano, a South Mande language. Mano has at least three varieties in Guinea and three varieties in Liberia. The focus of the paper is a comparison between the central Guinean dialect, Maa,
Maria Khachaturyan
doaj   +1 more source

La catégorie des verbes statifs dans le système morphosyntaxique du soninké

open access: yesMandenkan, 2018
This article describes a lexical category found in Soninke that has been neglected so far. The general characteristics of this category are similar to those of the "stative verbs" found in Manding languages.
Denis Creissels
doaj   +1 more source

Revenge of the spoken word? : Writing, performance, and new media in urban West Africa [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Why would any verbal artists bother to strongly identify themselves as writers when their own works circulate exclusively in a performative mode? Why would they bother to identify with writing in settings where literacy levels are low, traditional ...
Adejunmobi, Moradewun
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