This Mende dictionary is based on the eastern (up-country) dialect and uses the standard spelling of the Sierra Leone Provincial Literature Bureau. Each entry consists of the Mende word, an indication of its tone and part of speech, the English gloss, and examples of usage in short phrases or sentences. A short Introduction provides notes on the…

The author, of Reclamation House in Okpoma Brass, Nigeria, has attempted to "arrange Nembe words in an alphabetical order to form the basis of a dictionary." The introductory section of this two-volume dictionary presents a short description of the phonological and morphological features of Nembe, as well as a guide to the pronunciation of the…

This two-part Igbo/English-English/Igbo dictionary has been prepared primarily for speakers of English who have acquired at least a minimum of competence in speaking Igbo, and a knowledge of the major structural patterns. The variety of Igbo represented is referred to by the authors as "compromise Igbo" and is based on the speech of numerous…

The Foochow-English section of the present dictionary lists the Foochow entries in romanized form followed by their Chinese characters and English glosses. The English entries in the English-Foochow section are followed by a notation indicating form class, Foochow gloss in romanized form and Chinese characters, and examples of usage. An…

This dictionary of Luganda (Ganda) is written in the "Standard Orthography recommended by the all-Baganda Conference of March 1947 and officially accepted by the Government of Buganda and the Protectorate Government." An explanation of the method used in compiling this work, as well as mention of sources, is presented in the editor's Preface. A…

In tone languages, the identity of a word depends on its tone pattern as well as its phonetic structure. The primary cue to tone identity is the fundamental frequency (F0) contour. Two experiments explore how listeners perceive Mandarin monosyllables in which all or part of the F0 information has been neutralized. In Experiment 1, supposedly…

This short dictionary is designed to accompany the work of Melzian (1937) for the benefit of scholars concerned with the place and function of the Nigerian Bini language in the structure of West African languages. The conventional orthography has been used, except in three cases. The body of the general word list contains the English meaning, the…

The use of computers makes possible analysis of the vast amount of data available in recent dialect dictionaries and surveys and in the ancient Chinese rhyme books, such as "Guang yun" and "Ji yun." Comparison of dialects can enable a historical study of Chinese, a major language group outside the Indo-European area, to offer…

This set of instructional materials for Shona, a Bantu language, consists of lessons designed to be used with audiotape recordings (not included here), lesson notes, written exercises, and vocabulary. The first "book" contains 24 language lessons on a variety of grammatical topics, with line drawing illustrations. The second book contains…

This systematic lexical comparison of 1,050 words from five Nigerian Igbo dialects is based on the list used for the West African Language Survey in 1960. The comparative phonologies are not to be regarded as definitive but as hypotheses derived from the present material. In Igbo, as in other Kwa languages, there are in general no consonant…

This Haida-English dictionary introduces the Alaskan Haida alphabet and gives Haida words with English translation and the English equivalent pronunciation. The first half of the dictionary is an introduction to the sound system and grammar of Haida. Short discussions of the following topics are included: vowels; consonants; semivowels; rounded…

This document consists of the four 1989 issues of the quarterly journal "Notes on Linguistics." These issues include the following significant articles: "The Production of a Linguistic Bibliography" (Pete Unseth); "How to Write a Grammatical Sketch (Without Putting Your Readers to Sleep)" (Thomas E. Payne); "The…