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A linguistic analysis of Rukiga personal names 陆家人名的语言学分析

Journal of the Language Association of Eastern Africa Pub Date : 1900-01-01 DOI: 10.5642/jlaea.cmtg5561

Allen Asiimwe

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“They’re plotting against us”: Public narratives utilised by Kenyan Community-Based Organisations advocating for land rights “他们在密谋反对我们”:倡导土地权利的肯尼亚社区组织使用的公共叙事

Journal of the Language Association of Eastern Africa Pub Date : 1900-01-01 DOI: 10.5642/jlaea.jzlv3537

B. Otundo, A. Nangulu

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Morphosyntactic variation in Bantu: Focus on East Africa 班图语的形态句法变异:以东非为中心

Journal of the Language Association of Eastern Africa Pub Date : 1900-01-01 DOI: 10.5642/jlaea.omug7174

Peter Edelsten, Hannah Gibson, Rozenn Guérois, Gastor Mapunda, Lutz Marten, Julius Taji

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The Structure of the Iraqw Noun Phrase 伊拉克名词短语的结构

Journal of the Language Association of Eastern Africa Pub Date : 1900-01-01 DOI: 10.5642/jlaea.lste8793

Chrispina Alphonce

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Pragmatic Inferences of Locative Enclitics in Luganda 卢甘达地区政治的语用推断

Journal of the Language Association of Eastern Africa Pub Date : 1900-01-01 DOI: 10.5642/jlaea.xbag3103

Moureen Nanteza

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Code-switching and advising in multilingual African situations: An analysis of radio phone-in programmes in Kenya and Cameroon 非洲多语种情况下的语码转换和咨询:对肯尼亚和喀麦隆电台电话节目的分析

Journal of the Language Association of Eastern Africa Pub Date : 1900-01-01 DOI: 10.5642/jlaea.cbof4616

B. Otundo, Susanne Mühleisen

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