REPORT RESUMES | ED 012 888 48 AL 000 150 SWAHILI LANGUAGE HANDBOOK. BY- FOLOME, EDGAR C. CENTER FOR APPLIED LINGUISTICS, WASHINGTON, D.C. REPORT NUMBER BR-5-1242 PUB DATE 67 CONTRACT CEC-2-14-042 EORS PRICE MF-$1.00 HC-$10.00 250F. DESCRIFTORS- SSWAHILI, SGRAMMAR, SPHONOLOGY, #DIALECT STUDIES, AREA STUDIES, DIACHRONIC LINGUISTICS, LITERATURE, DESCRIPTIVE LINGUISTICS, SOCIOCULTURAL PATTERNS, CREOLES, PIDGINS, AFRICAN CULTURE, EAST AFRICA, CONGO THIS INTRODUCTION TO THE STRUCTURE AND BACKGROUND OF THE SWAHILI LANGUAGE WAS WRITTEN FOR THE NON-SPECIALIST. ALTHOUGH THE LINGUISTIC TERMINOLOGY USED IN THE DESCRIPTION OF THE LANGUAGE ASSUMES THE READER HAS HAD SOME TRAINING IN LINGUISTICS, THIS HANDBOOK PROVIDES BASIC LINGUISTIC AND SOCTOLINGUISTIC INFORMATION FOR STUDENTS OF AFRICAN CULTURE AND INTERMEDIATE OR ADVANCED SWAHILI LANGUAGE STUDENTS AS WELL AS FOR LINGUISTS. IN AN INTRODUCTION TO THE PRESENT LANGUAGE SITUATION, THIS HANDBOOK EXPLAINS THE DISTRIBUTION AN USE OF SWAHILI AS A LINGUA FRANCA, AS A PIDGIN, AND AS A MOTHER ‘LANGUAGE AND EXPLAINS PRESENT USAGE THROUGH A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE LANGUAGE. DIALECTS OF SWAHILI ARE DISCUSSED AND RELATED LANGUAGES MENTIONED WHEN RELEVANT TO SWAHILI STRUCTURE. ALTHOUGH THE AUTHOR PLACES GREATEST EMPHASIS ON THE STRUCTURE OF THE LANGUAGE (PHONOLOGY, MORPHOLOGY, DERIVATION, INFLECTION, COMPLEX STRUCTURES, SYNTAX, AND VOCABULARY), HE INCLUDES CHAPTERS ON THE WRITING SYSTEM AND SWAHILI LITERATURE. OF SPECIAL INTEREST TO LANGUAGE TEACHERS 18 A CHAPTER EXAMINING SPECIFIC POINTS OF CONTRAST BETWEEN SWAHILI AND ENGLISH. THIS HANDBOOK IS ALSO AVAILABLE FOR $4.50 FROM THE OFFICE OF INFORMATION AND PUBLICATIONS, CENTER FOR APPLIED LINGUISTICS, 1717 MASSACHUSETTS AVE., N.W., WASHINGTON, D.C., 20036. (JD)pea Pa 49 OF -2-)4-0# 2D ED012888 SWAHILI LANGUAGE HANDBOOK Pe eee ee ERS HUTTE HEE EDGAR C. POLOME “US. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH EDUCATION & WELEARE OFFICE OF EDUCATION TS DOCUMENT HAS BEN REPRODUCED EACLY AS BECVED FROMTHE PERSON OR ORGANIZATION ORGWATIG IT. POUT OF VEW oR OPmMONS STATED DO WOT NECESSARILY REPRESENT OFICIAL OFFICE OF epucaTion POSITION OR Poticy. Se . AL 000 150LANGUAGE HANDBOOK SERIES FRANK A. RICE, GENERAL EDITOR et