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Talking the illness: Swahili for medical aid and cooperation in Turin

Kervan. International Journal of Afro-Asiatic Studies, 2018
The article presents and discusses the results of a pilot course aiming at teaching Swahili grammar and lexicon as well as cultural awareness in the field of health to a group of medical personnel doing voluntary work in medical cooperation in East ...
Graziella Acquaviva, Mauro Tosco
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Means of realization of language game the Swahili language paroemias

Litera, 2020
The object of this article is the language game in its various manifestations. The subject of this research is the proverbs and sayings of the Swahili language, in which the author attempts to trace the linguistic phenomenon. Special attention is given to various means of language game at different language levels. The goal is to determine whether it
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Grammaticalization of auxiliary verbs in Swahili

Studies in African Languages and Cultures, 2003
The goal of the present paper is to show the complexity of auxiliary verbs category, and in particular to study semantic differences in the meanings of particular verbs, their structural and syntactical features.
Beata Wójtowicz
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The Replacement of Swahili Medium of Instruction by English from Grade 5 in Zanzibar

Nordic Journal of African Studies, 2015
This paper presents an analysis of the recent change of language of learning and teaching from Swahili to English in Grades 5 to 6 in primary schools in Zanzibar.
Haroun Ayoub Maalim
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Use of address forms in directive speech acts in Swahili

Studies in African Languages and Cultures, 1997
Although the sociolingustic studies of the address rules developed very strongly as early as in the 1960s, Braun, Kohz and Schubert (1986) list only 12 references regarding AF in Bantu languages, which include Swahili, half of the references involving ...
Zofia Podobińska
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Making Africa Legible

American Journal of Islam and Society, 2016
European colonialism and missionization in Africa initiated a massive orthographic shift across the continent, as local languages that had been written for centuries in Arabic letters were forcibly re-written in Roman orthography through language ...
Caitlyn Bolton
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Intonation of accentuation in the agglutinative languages (in comparison with Russian)

RUDN Journal of Language Studies, Semiotics and Semantics, 2017
The author continues to explore the intonation of different utterances in various world languages. The subject and the theme of the research is intonation of accented syntagms in a typical agglutinative language that Swahili is in comparison with Russian.
S S Khromov
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Language Ideologies, Choices, and Practices in Eastern African Hip Hop [PDF]

, 2000
Hip hop emerged as a musical and cultural force during the late 1970s in the United States and has followed a global trajectory ever since. Artists and fans around the world filter North American hip hop styles through their own local musical, social ...
Fenn, John, Perullo, Alex
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Proverbs and Sayings of the Swahili Language in Written Discourse

RUDN Journal of Studies in Literature and Journalism
Examines the peculiarities of the use of proverbs and sayings of the Swahili language in written discourse, especially in literature and modern media texts. Such a study is being conducted for the first time in Russian bantu studies. The aim to establish
Victoria S. Shatokhina
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Reduplication in Swahili language

Reduplication is a characteristic feature in Bantu languages, including Swahili. This feature is found in verbs and pronouns. It is not possible to describe all nuances of meaning for all occurrences of reduplication. However, such features as emphasis, continuous action, and sometimes relaxed or playful action can be found. The study of these features
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