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The Numeral Systems of Nigerian Languages /
The papers in this collection present the numeral systems of more than twenty Nigerian languages. The papers mainly emanate from a workshop on the numeral systems of Nigerian languages organised by the Linguistic Association of Nigeria during its 23rd Annual Conference which was held at the Universi...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Baltimore, Maryland :
Project Muse,
2016
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| Colección: | LAN occasional publications ;
2. Book collections on Project MUSE. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | The papers in this collection present the numeral systems of more than twenty Nigerian languages. The papers mainly emanate from a workshop on the numeral systems of Nigerian languages organised by the Linguistic Association of Nigeria during its 23rd Annual Conference which was held at the University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria. The workshop arose from awareness created by Dr. Eugene S.L. Chan on the need for Nigerian linguists to document this severely endangered but very important aspect of natural languages. The quantum of mathematical computations - addition, multiplication, subtraction, or a combination of two or all of these - involved in the numeral systems of Nigerian languages is remarkable. The papers reveal that a variety of numeral systems do exist, such as: binary, decimal, incomplete decimal, duodecimal, quinary, quaternary, ternary, mixed, body-part tally systems, and much more. The book is a resource about how different languages manipulate their numeral systems. |
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| Notas: | Reprint. Originally published: Port Harcourt : Linguistic Association of Nigeria, [2013]. "Most of the papers in this collection were read at the workshop on the numeral systems of Nigerian languages organised by the Linguistics Association of Nigeria during its 23rd Annual Conference which help at the University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria"--Page vi. "In collaboration with the Linguistic Association of Nigeria"--Title page verso. Issued as part of book collections on Project MUSE. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (384 pages). |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9789785421538 |
| Acceso: | Access restricted to authorized users and institutions. |