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1 online resource (311 pages) |
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English language |
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text file |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Cover; Title page; Copyright page; INTRODUCTION; 1. Manding group and Mande family; 1.1. Bamana; 1.2. The Maninka; 1.3. The North-Western subcontinuum; 1.4. The term Jula (Dioula) covers several realities.; 1.5. Marka-Dafin; HOW TO USE THIS DICTIONARY; 2.1. Alphabet.; 2.2. Nko Alphabet; 3. COMPOSITION OF THE VOCABULARY; 4. TONES; 5. Structure of an entry; 5.1. Headword and its phonetic variants; 5.2. Lexical homonyms; 5.3. Derived forms within an entry; 5.4. Parts of speech (Grammatical categories); 5.5. SEMANTICS OF A WORD; 5.5.1. Interpretation of semantics; 5.5.1.1. Verbs; 5.5.1.2. Nouns |
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5.5.2. Presentation of translations, commentaries, and illustrations.5.6. Stylistic characteristics; 5.7. Synonyms; 6. References; 7. Sources; LIST OF SOURCES; LITERATURE; Appendix: New sources added after the publication of the Vol. 1; Back cover |
| Summary |
Manding is a common name for several closely related languages in West Africa: Maninka (or Malinke), Bamana (or Bambara), Jula, Mandinka, Xasonka, etc., spoken by up to 40 million people. In this dictionary, forms of Malian Bamana and Guinean Maninka are included. The polysemy of words is represented in all details, the senses are represented hierarchically. Verbal valencies are indicated throughout and clarified by abundant illustrative examples. Numerous idiomatic expressions are given. Most of lexemes are provided with etymological information: sources of borrowing or proto-forms and their. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Mandingo language -- Dictionaries -- English.
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Mandingo language. |
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Dictionaries.
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Bambara language -- Dictionaries -- English.
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Bambara language. |
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Dictionaries.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Vydrine, Valentin Manding-English Dictionary : Maninka, Bamana Vol. 1. Lac-Beauport : MeaBooks Inc,c2015 9780993996924 |
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9780993996931 electronic book |
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0993996930 electronic book |
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9780993996924 |
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