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- The Numeral Systems of Nigerian Languages
- Book
- 2016
- Published by: M & J Grand Orbit Communications
summary
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.
Table of Contents
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- The Yoruba Numeral System
- pp. 1-26
- The Numeral System of Nkǫrǫǫ
- pp. 27-40
- Ọkọ Numerals and their Derivation
- pp. 41-50
- The Fulfulde Numeral System
- pp. 51-62
- The System of Numeration in Ẹdo
- pp. 109-118
- The Bura Numeral System
- pp. 119-126
- Counting Money in the Obimo Igbo
- pp. 149-158
- On the System of Numeration in Efik
- pp. 159-174
- The Counting System in Ikwere
- pp. 175-188
- Counting: The Ibanị Way
- pp. 217-224
- An Outline of the Hausa Numeral System
- pp. 239-244
- The Numeral System of Ịzọn
- pp. 245-258
- The Kilba Traditional Numeral System
- pp. 259-266
- Numeral Classifiers in Gokana and Kana
- pp. 267-278
- Compounding in the Yoruba Numeral System
- pp. 303-312
- The Numeral System of Obolo
- pp. 313-324
- Tone and Numeral Constructions in Edo
- pp. 349-360
Additional Information
ISBN
9789785421538
Related ISBN(s)
9789785412741
MARC Record
OCLC
952155791
Pages
384
Launched on MUSE
2016-07-03
Language
English
Open Access
No