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Skills needed to interpret transcendental languages 解释先验语言所需的技巧

JULACE: Journal of the University of Namibia Language Centre Pub Date : 2018-12-31 DOI: 10.32642/julace.v3i2.1388

T. Mpemba

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Germanising Oshiwambo language 奥希万博语的德语化

JULACE: Journal of the University of Namibia Language Centre Pub Date : 2018-12-31 DOI: 10.32642/julace.v3i2.1383

Johannes Uushona, P. Mbenzi

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Persistence of African languages and religions in Latin America since slavery 拉丁美洲自奴隶制以来非洲语言和宗教的延续

JULACE: Journal of the University of Namibia Language Centre Pub Date : 2018-06-30 DOI: 10.32642/JULACE.V3I1.1377

N. F. Nakanyete

{"title":"Persistence of African languages and religions in Latin America since slavery","authors":"N. F. Nakanyete","doi":"10.32642/JULACE.V3I1.1377","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.32642/JULACE.V3I1.1377","url":null,"abstract":"This paper examines the presence of African languages and spiritual practices of Candomblé, Santería and Vodou religions in Brazil, Cuba and Haiti respectively. The three religions are known to have been originated by African slaves that were mostly captured in- and transferred from West and Central Africa to Latin America. Currently, the three religions are not only followed by African descendants, but also by people of various ethnic backgrounds worldwide. Thus, people flock to the three countries regularly to be initiated into this African-based religions and cultures. On the other hand, similar spiritual practices on the African continent seem to be generally stigmatized if not demonized. Findings presented in this paper are as a result of direct observations and open interviews over a four months of fieldwork, as well as desktop reviews of existing literature. The findings demonstrate etymologies of terms and expressions that are of various African languages origin and are used in the three religions. The paper calls for integral comparative studies of parts in Africa with parts of Latin America to auxiliary identify linguistic and spirituality similarities, and significance roles of African slaves in maintaining African traditions.","PeriodicalId":338581,"journal":{"name":"JULACE: Journal of the University of Namibia Language Centre","volume":"6 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123675971","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Passive constructions in Setswana 塞茨瓦纳语的被动语态

JULACE: Journal of the University of Namibia Language Centre Pub Date : 2018-06-30 DOI: 10.32642/julace.v3i1.1374

S. Morapedi

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Challenges of teaching Kiswahili polysems and homonyms through translation in foreign language classes 斯瓦希里语多义词和同音异义词在外语教学中的翻译挑战

JULACE: Journal of the University of Namibia Language Centre Pub Date : 2018-06-30 DOI: 10.32642/julace.v3i1.1372

P. Malangwa

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Uushiindaism as a collective poverty alleviation mechanism and social support 贫困主义作为一种集体扶贫机制和社会支持

JULACE: Journal of the University of Namibia Language Centre Pub Date : 2018-06-30 DOI: 10.32642/julace.v3i1.1378

P. Mbenzi, S. Ashikuti

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A discourse analysis of the second Aristotelian canon, arrangement, in the selected speeches of Bishop Dumeni 杜梅尼主教精选的演讲中，亚里士多德第二正典的话语分析

JULACE: Journal of the University of Namibia Language Centre Pub Date : 2018-06-30 DOI: 10.32642/julace.v3i1.1373

P. Mbenzi

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Shakespeare and Botswana Politics in 2014 2014年，莎士比亚与博茨瓦纳政治

JULACE: Journal of the University of Namibia Language Centre Pub Date : 2018-06-30 DOI: 10.32642/julace.v3i1.1376

D. Koketso

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The treatment of equivalent relations in English-Kwanyama Dictionary 《英语-冠山词典》中等价关系的处理

JULACE: Journal of the University of Namibia Language Centre Pub Date : 2018-06-30 DOI: 10.32642/JULACE.V3I1.1375

Edward Shikesho, P. Mbenzi

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