عنوان

Le lingála dans l'enseignement des sciences dans les écoles de Kinshasa. Une approche socioterminologique

شماره

LA107758

زبان متن نوشتاري يا گفتاري و مانند آن

انگلیسی

عنوان اصلي

Le lingála dans l'enseignement des sciences dans les écoles de Kinshasa. Une approche socioterminologique

نام عام مواد

[Article]

نام نخستين پديدآور

Bienvenu Sene Mongaba

محل نشرو پخش و غیره

Leiden

نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره

Brill

متن يادداشت

In most African countries, former colonial languages are still used as languages of instruction in the school system, especially for science courses in secondary schools and in universities, although, ironically, proficiency in former colonial languages is dwindling. At the same time, however, African languages lack in specialized terminology to accommodate teaching. Empowering African languages is therefore becoming urgent, so that teachers can use them efficiently as languages of instruction. My PhD work strives to provide a solution to that problem by finding tools for the empowerment of the vocabulary and scientific discourse of Lingála, as well as its validation and diffusion among teachers and students of Kinshasa. This is why my PhD work aims at analyzing morpho-semantics of derivatives (verbs, deverbal nouns, nominals), since in Bantu languages, as widely established, derivation and compounding are very productive. I have systematically extracted general meanings from each combination of affixes (nominal prefix-verbal extension-final vowel). While doing so, I have created a derivative generator, i.e. a table where, by replacing a certain verbal stem, a list of nouns and verbs candidates is generated, alongside a brief definition allowing a terminologist to link a certain term to a certain scientific concept the specific definition of which best fits the general definition. The ultimate goal is the coinage of scientific terms. Creating specialty terms is useful, but fining those terms in a discourse also needs characterization of the language syntax requirements and limits. Therefore, I have then moved on to analyzing and describing noun phrases and verb phrases structures. Following that, I have then worked on verifying if the terms coined really fit in natural Lingála language, through tests designed to identify and distinguish verb and sentence complements. Having theorized the morpho-semantics and the syntax of Lingála, I have applied it in writing chemistry text in Lingála. I have conducted all of my PhD work in Lingála, which means I have conceived and written my PhD work in Lingála. Doing so has also allowed me to coin linguistics terms and discourse in Lingála. In most African countries, former colonial languages are still used as languages of instruction in the school system, especially for science courses in secondary schools and in universities, although, ironically, proficiency in former colonial languages is dwindling. At the same time, however, African languages lack in specialized terminology to accommodate teaching. Empowering African languages is therefore becoming urgent, so that teachers can use them efficiently as languages of instruction. My PhD work strives to provide a solution to that problem by finding tools for the empowerment of the vocabulary and scientific discourse of Lingála, as well as its validation and diffusion among teachers and students of Kinshasa. This is why my PhD work aims at analyzing morpho-semantics of derivatives (verbs, deverbal nouns, nominals), since in Bantu languages, as widely established, derivation and compounding are very productive. I have systematically extracted general meanings from each combination of affixes (nominal prefix-verbal extension-final vowel). While doing so, I have created a derivative generator, i.e. a table where, by replacing a certain verbal stem, a list of nouns and verbs candidates is generated, alongside a brief definition allowing a terminologist to link a certain term to a certain scientific concept the specific definition of which best fits the general definition. The ultimate goal is the coinage of scientific terms. Creating specialty terms is useful, but fining those terms in a discourse also needs characterization of the language syntax requirements and limits. Therefore, I have then moved on to analyzing and describing noun phrases and verb phrases structures. Following that, I have then worked on verifying if the terms coined really fit in natural Lingála language, through tests designed to identify and distinguish verb and sentence complements. Having theorized the morpho-semantics and the syntax of Lingála, I have applied it in writing chemistry text in Lingála. I have conducted all of my PhD work in Lingála, which means I have conceived and written my PhD work in Lingála. Doing so has also allowed me to coin linguistics terms and discourse in Lingála.

تاريخ نشر

2013

توصيف ظاهري

142-150

عنوان

Afrika Focus

شماره جلد

26/2

شماره استاندارد بين المللي پياييندها

2031-356X

اصطلاح موضوعی

African languages

اصطلاح موضوعی

African Studies

اصطلاح موضوعی

chemistry

اصطلاح موضوعی

Congo

اصطلاح موضوعی

empowerment

اصطلاح موضوعی

General

اصطلاح موضوعی

Kinshasa

اصطلاح موضوعی

language of instruction

اصطلاح موضوعی

Lingala

اصطلاح موضوعی

Social Sciences

اصطلاح موضوعی

terminology

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Bienvenu Sene Mongaba

شماره بازیابی

10.1163/2031356X-02602009

نام الکترونيکي

فرمت انتشار

p

نوع ماده

[Article]

کد کاربرگه

275578

سطح دسترسي

a

تكميل شده

Y