Browsing African Languages Research Institute (ALRI) by Issue Date
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Shona Grammatical Constructions Volume II
(Mercury Press, 1984) -
Shona Grammatical Constructions: Volume 1
(Mercury Press, 1985) -
Report from ALLEX Workshop, University of Zimbabwe, 20.-24.9.1993
((NUFU), 1993) -
Annual Report for 1997 the Allex Project
(African Languages Research Institute, University of Zimbabwe, 1997) -
Annual report for the Allex project in 1998
(African Languages Research Institute, University of Zimbabwe, 1998) -
Annual Report for the ALLEX Project in 2000
(African Languages Research Institute (ALRI), University of Zimbabwe, 2000) -
Annual Report 1999 - The ALLEX Project (NUFU Project 28/96)
(African Languages Research Institute (ALRI), University of Zimbabwe, 2000-02-23) -
Problems of Equivalence in Shona- English Bilingual Dictionaries
(Bureau of the WAT, 2001)In compiling bilingual dictionaries, lexicographers are mostly concerned with seman- tic equivalence. As a result, the practice of bilingual dictionary compilers is usually that of giving one-word equivalents. However, ... -
Education and Research Project for the NUFU Programme: Co-ordinators Final Report 2001
(African languages Research Institute (ALRI), University of Zimbabwe, 2001) -
Lexicographical Developments in the Shona Language as Reflected in Making of the Duramanzwi Guru reChishona (DGS)
(University of Zimbabwe Publications, 2002)This article traces lexicographical developments in Shona, one of the major languages of Zimbabwe, with particular focus on corpus building and the role the corpus has played in Shona lexicography in the past hundred or ... -
The Standardisation of the Ndebele Language Through Dictionary-making
(Allex Project, University of Zimbabwe, 2002)The thesis assesses the contribution of dictionary-making in Ndebele on the standardisation of the language. The production of the monolingual Ndebele dictionary,Isichazamazwi SesiNdebele (ISN), raised a number of issues ... -
Adoption and Adaptation in Shona
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Cultural Aspects in the Shona Monolingual Dictionary Duramanzwi Guru reChishona
(Bureau of the WAT, 2003)In the compilation of dictionaries, lexicographers also take cognisance of the culture which is inherent in a language. This article will look at the way the cultural aspect is interwoven in the practice of dictionary ... -
Mvana and Their Children: The Language of the Shona People as it Relates to Women and Womens’ Space
(University of Zimbabwe Publications, 2003)Research elsewhere, within English and other languages, has shown that linguistic behaviour is one of the keys to understanding the nature and status of women in the attitudes transmitted through language (Frank and ... -
Report on the Retreat to Review the ALLEX PROJECT: Kadoma , 21-27 September 2003
(African Languages Research Institute, University of Zimbabwe, 2003) -
Linguistic Variation in Shona with Special Reference to Monolingual Dictionaries
(Bureau of the WAT, 2003)This article focuses on the problems lexicographers of monolingual dictionaries face when dealing with a language characterised by differences associated with geographical variation. The article specifically seeks to explore ...
