Retired from linguistic research and vernacular languages development in Ghana, now compiling dictionaries in the Western Oti-Volta languages (Mabia, Gur family) of northern Ghana and adjacent countries.
Notes on scriptural terminology presented to assist Bible translators in choosing appropriate voc... more Notes on scriptural terminology presented to assist Bible translators in choosing appropriate vocabulary for sacrifice-related items. I'm afraid the font for displaying the Hebrew data is no longer attached.
This thesis sets out a description of the Grammer of the Bisa language of West Africa, and partic... more This thesis sets out a description of the Grammer of the Bisa language of West Africa, and particularly the Lebiri Dialect thereof. An introductory chapter (Chap.. 1 p.12) describe the people and their back-ground, and explains the research on which the thesis is based and the hierarchical mode in which the Grammar is presented. A section of this chapter (1.5, PP 61 ff ) gives a sketch of the phonology as an explanation of the transcriptions used in the citation of Bisa examples. Chapters 2 to 7 present the main matter of the analysis, viz. the Syntax of Lebiri Bisa in a Syntagmatic presentation. The successive Ranks of the hierarchy set up are described in terms of their structures and functions in these chapters: Chapter 2 treats of the Higher Ranks, Chapter 3 of the Sentence, Chapter 4 of the Clause, Chapter 5 covers the Phrase, and Chapter 6 the Word, while Morpheme Rank is dealt with in Chapter 7. The eighth and final Chapter describes non-Morphonemic features with syntactic si...
Notes to guide Bible translators in choosing appropriate terms for sacrifice-related vocabulary. ... more Notes to guide Bible translators in choosing appropriate terms for sacrifice-related vocabulary. I'm afraid the font for viewing the Hebrew data correctly is no longer attached .
... a case for Naden, Anthony J. 1970. The Syntax and Semantics of Bisa. (mimeo) Merstham, Surrey... more ... a case for Naden, Anthony J. 1970. The Syntax and Semantics of Bisa. (mimeo) Merstham, Surrey:SIL(UK). Naden, Tony. 1980. "How to greet in Bisa." Journal of Pragmatics 4:137-146. Prost, Andre, RP 1953. Les langues mande-sud du groupe mana-busa. ...
Notes on scriptural terminology presented to assist Bible translators in choosing appropriate voc... more Notes on scriptural terminology presented to assist Bible translators in choosing appropriate vocabulary for sacrifice-related items. I'm afraid the font for displaying the Hebrew data is no longer attached.
This thesis sets out a description of the Grammer of the Bisa language of West Africa, and partic... more This thesis sets out a description of the Grammer of the Bisa language of West Africa, and particularly the Lebiri Dialect thereof. An introductory chapter (Chap.. 1 p.12) describe the people and their back-ground, and explains the research on which the thesis is based and the hierarchical mode in which the Grammar is presented. A section of this chapter (1.5, PP 61 ff ) gives a sketch of the phonology as an explanation of the transcriptions used in the citation of Bisa examples. Chapters 2 to 7 present the main matter of the analysis, viz. the Syntax of Lebiri Bisa in a Syntagmatic presentation. The successive Ranks of the hierarchy set up are described in terms of their structures and functions in these chapters: Chapter 2 treats of the Higher Ranks, Chapter 3 of the Sentence, Chapter 4 of the Clause, Chapter 5 covers the Phrase, and Chapter 6 the Word, while Morpheme Rank is dealt with in Chapter 7. The eighth and final Chapter describes non-Morphonemic features with syntactic si...
Notes to guide Bible translators in choosing appropriate terms for sacrifice-related vocabulary. ... more Notes to guide Bible translators in choosing appropriate terms for sacrifice-related vocabulary. I'm afraid the font for viewing the Hebrew data correctly is no longer attached .
... a case for Naden, Anthony J. 1970. The Syntax and Semantics of Bisa. (mimeo) Merstham, Surrey... more ... a case for Naden, Anthony J. 1970. The Syntax and Semantics of Bisa. (mimeo) Merstham, Surrey:SIL(UK). Naden, Tony. 1980. "How to greet in Bisa." Journal of Pragmatics 4:137-146. Prost, Andre, RP 1953. Les langues mande-sud du groupe mana-busa. ...
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