Manding-English Dictionary

Manding-English Dictionary: Maninka, Bamana

by Vydrin, V. F., (Valentin Feodosʹevich)

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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 …

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Title Statements

  • Full title :Manding-English Dictionary : (Maninka, Bamana). / Valentin Vydrine.

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.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:2015.

Publication Statements

  • Publisher(s):MeaBooks Inc
  • Place of Publication:Lac-Beauport
  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:2015.

The Physical Object

  • Description:1 online resource (311 pages)

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9780993996931, 0993996930, 0993996922, 9780993996924
  • oclc:ocn905517929
  • LC Classification:PL8491.4
  • Dewey Decimal:496/.34

Table of Contents

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.

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.

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Subjects

Bambara language Bambara language -- Dictionaries -- Eng… Dictionaries FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY -- African Langu… Mandingo language Mandingo language -- Dictionaries -- En… Multilingual dictionaries Poetry by individual poets

Writers

Vydrin, V. F., (Valentin Feodosʹevich)

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