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Language Learning, EarlyView.Abstract The extent to which lexical mastery consists of interrelated types of lexical knowledge has been widely discussed. Yet, few studies have explored whether the lexical dimensions of knowledge and processing are relatively independent or investigated how these two dimensions contribute to listening and reading among beginner‐to‐low‐intermediate ...
Amber Dudley, Emma Marsden
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Currencies of the Swahili World
, 2018 This is the first volume to explore the Swahili in chronological perspective and it is part of the Routledge Worlds Series. Each chapter offers a wealth of detail on an aspect of the region's past.
Karin Pallaver
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Words and Scents: How Language Shapes and Skews Olfactory Processing
Topics in Cognitive Science, EarlyView.Abstract Research on language and olfaction presents a paradox. Language appears to support the formation of odor categories, yet it can also hinder odor recognition through verbal interference, highlighting that different olfactory processes get affected in distinct ways.
Norbert Vanek
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Educational Publishing in African Languages, With a Focus on Swahili in Kenya
Nordic Journal of African Studies, 2002 This paper argues the case for more educational publications in Swahili as a good medium educational and national development. It acknowledges that education is not only a capital investment in the development of human resources but it also immensely ...
Nathan Oyori Ogechi, Emily Bosire-Ogechi
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Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management, Volume 34, Issue 4, December 2026.ABSTRACT Working animals are essential to the food and livelihood security and resilience of millions of households living in low‐ and middle‐income countries. Yet, they remain largely invisible in disaster risk management (DRM) policies and data systems.
Lezlie Moriniere +11 more
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Swahili lexicography in Poland: its history and immediate future
Studies in African Languages and Cultures, 2012 The interest in Swahili lexicography at the University of Warsaw has a long tradition and was initiated by the first lecturer of Swahili – prof. Rajmund Ohly.
Beata Wójtowicz, Piotr Bański
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ManyBabies 3: A Multi‐Lab Study of Infant Algebraic Rule Learning
Developmental Science, Volume 29, Issue 6, November 2026.ABSTRACT The ability to learn and apply rules lies at the heart of cognition. In a seminal study, Marcus et al. (1999) reported that 7‐month‐old infants learned abstract rules over syllable sequences and were able to generalize those rules to novel syllable sequences.
Ingmar Visser +83 more
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What Is ‘Old’ in Old Age? An Inquiry into Swahili Paremia
Nordic Journal of African StudiesThis article is about gerontological proverbs in Swahili folkloric discourses. The question posed in this study is as follows: how is old age depicted according to Swahili paremiology?
Ahmad Kipacha
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A Corpus-based Survey of Four Electronic Swahili–English Bilingual Dictionaries
Lexikos, 2011 <p>Abstract: In this article we survey four different electronic bilingual dictionaries for the language pair Swahili–English. Aided by a data-driven morphological analyzer and part-of-speech tagger, we quantify the coverage of the dictionaries on ...
Guy De Pauw +2 more
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