Strong claims have been made as to the influence of Mande languages on the languages of the Atlantic Group. This paper analyzes Mande borrowings in one Atlantic language in order to understand the nature of that influence. The Atlantic language of focus is Kisi, a member of the Southern Branch, spoken primarily in Guinea. The Kisi people have separated from their closest relatives on the Atlantic Coast in historic times, probably due to the second Mande expansionist wave of the sixteenth century at the collapse of the Mali Empire. Today the Kisi are completely surrounded and interpenetrated by speakers of Mande languages. The Mande influence has been great and extends to such areas as personal and place names, politeness terms, cultural ite...
Bangime is a language isolate, which has not been proven to be genealogically related to any other l...
In this study, I investigate motivations for, and patterns of, lexical borrowing among Dagara-French...
Bangime is a language isolate, which has not been proven to be genealogically related to any other l...
This paper presents the effects of long-lasting and pervasive contact between two major language gro...
The Mandé constitute an important linguistic family judging from the number of ethnic groups that ma...
The Mandé constitute an important linguistic family judging from the number of ethnic groups that ma...
International audienceMande family includes more than 70 languages spoken in West Africa and is pres...
International audienceMande family includes more than 70 languages spoken in West Africa and is pres...
This paper gives a preliminary account of the dialectal situation of Mano, a South Mande language. M...
This study comprises an analysis of three creoles of Portuguese, English and French lexical inputs, ...
This paper catalogues the forces at work threatening the Atlantic languages of Guinea and Sierra Leo...
International audienceMande family includes more than 70 languages spoken in West Africa and is pres...
In this study, I investigate motivations for, and patterns of, lexical borrowing among Dagara-French...
The focus of the paper is a study of cultural and linguistic contact in West Africa, especially in t...
The focus of the paper is a study of cultural and linguistic contact in West Africa, especially in t...
Bangime is a language isolate, which has not been proven to be genealogically related to any other l...
In this study, I investigate motivations for, and patterns of, lexical borrowing among Dagara-French...
Bangime is a language isolate, which has not been proven to be genealogically related to any other l...
This paper presents the effects of long-lasting and pervasive contact between two major language gro...
The Mandé constitute an important linguistic family judging from the number of ethnic groups that ma...
The Mandé constitute an important linguistic family judging from the number of ethnic groups that ma...
International audienceMande family includes more than 70 languages spoken in West Africa and is pres...
International audienceMande family includes more than 70 languages spoken in West Africa and is pres...
This paper gives a preliminary account of the dialectal situation of Mano, a South Mande language. M...
This study comprises an analysis of three creoles of Portuguese, English and French lexical inputs, ...
This paper catalogues the forces at work threatening the Atlantic languages of Guinea and Sierra Leo...
International audienceMande family includes more than 70 languages spoken in West Africa and is pres...
In this study, I investigate motivations for, and patterns of, lexical borrowing among Dagara-French...
The focus of the paper is a study of cultural and linguistic contact in West Africa, especially in t...
The focus of the paper is a study of cultural and linguistic contact in West Africa, especially in t...
Bangime is a language isolate, which has not been proven to be genealogically related to any other l...
In this study, I investigate motivations for, and patterns of, lexical borrowing among Dagara-French...
Bangime is a language isolate, which has not been proven to be genealogically related to any other l...