SIL Electronic Working Papers
Contents 2002
The reports published most recently are listed first.
- 2002-005
- Author: Niels Christiansen, Regula Christiansen
Title: Some verb morphology features of Tadaksahak or Berber or Songhay, this is the question
Country: Algeria, Mali, Niger
Language: Tadaksahak, Songhay, Tamasheq
Subjects: morphology, verb, mixed languages
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- 2002-004
- Author: Peter Constable, Gary F. Simons
Title: An Analysis of ISO 639: Preparing the way for advancements in language identification standards
Subjects: ISO 639, internationalization (I18N), language identification, information technology (IT)
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- 2002-003
- Author: Peter Constable
Title: Toward a Model for Language Identification: Defining an Ontology of Language-Related Categories
Subjects: internationalization (I18N), language identification, information technology (IT)
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- 2002-002
- Author: Cameron Hamm, Eric Johnson
Title: Mabire: A Dying Language of Chad
Country: Chad, Chad
Language: Mabire, Dangaléat (Dangla), Migaama
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- 2002-001
- Author: Inge Egner
Title: The speech act of promising in an intercultural perspective
Subjects: pragmatics, speech act, promise/promising, intercultural perspective, politeness, negotiation, West Africa
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