Standard Swahili Dictionary and related papers (PP MS 42. S/52-S/55)
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Title:
Standard Swahili Dictionary and related papers (PP MS 42. S/52-S/55)
Series Title:
Whiteley Collection : Swahili language and list of authors
Creator:
Whiteley, Wilfred Howell ( Author, Primary )
Harris, Lydon ( contributor )
Mohamed Ali ( contributor )
Publication Date:
Materials:
Paper ( medium )
Technique:
Typescript manuscript with black and blue ink

Subjects

Subjects / Keywords:
Swahili language ( LCSH )
Swahili language -- Standardization ( LCSH )
Nationalism ( LCSH )
Swahili language -- Study and teaching ( LCSH )
Inter-territorial Language (Swahili) Committee to the East African Dependencies ( LCNA )
Genre:
Essays ( LCGFT )
Spatial Coverage:
Africa -- Tanzania -- Eastern Africa -- Dar es Salaam
Coordinates:
-6.8 x 39.283333

Notes

Abstract:
This section deals mainly with material relating to the standardization of the Swahili language. S/52 contains a memorandum concerning a project for a new English/Swahili-Swahili/English dictionary in lights of the inadequacies found in the first dictionary of this kind by F Johnson, published in 1939. So, the aim of the project was in fact to revise and expand Johnson’s dictionary. Those involved in this project were Whiteley, Allen, Harris, and a person only referred as Margaret. Correspondence between the project team is enclosed. The item also includes a letter from Harris to Guthrie regarding the introduction of further literary text for the B.A. degree. S/53 contains a guide to the reading of Swahili newspapers for Intermediary Swahili students. The booklet is divided into lessons and each one is built around a story from an East African newspaper. This was produced by the US Foreign Service Institute in Washington, D.C. in 1966. A critique to the project by Lyndon Harris is included. S/54 contains a essay by Mohamed Ali entitled ‘Ulinganifu wa maendelezo ya Kiswahili’ in which he argues that the Swahili grammar written by Europeans contains many irregularities and the orthography is also wrong in many instances. S/55 contains a copy of the Inter-Territorial Language Committee Bulletin dated October 1970. The issue discusses vocabulary development in Swahili. ( en )
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Date of Composition: 1959-1970 AD (1379-1390 A.H.)
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Extent: 103 leaves
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Incipit: Memorandum concerning a project for a new English/Swahili, Swahili/English Dictionary
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VIAF (name authority) : Whiteley, Wilfred Howell : URI http://viaf.org/viaf/54248715
General Note:
Africa -- Eastern Africa -- Tanzania -- Dar es Salaam
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North America -- United States of America -- District of Columbia -- Washington
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Publication information: Johnson, F. 1939. A standard Swahili-English Dictionary. Oxford University Press, Dar es Salaam

Record Information

Source Institution:
SOAS University of London
Holding Location:
Archives and Special Collections
Rights Management:
This item is likely protected by copyright. Its status has yet to be assessed.
Resource Identifier:
PP MS 42. S/49-S/62 ( SOAS manuscript number )
PP MS 42. S/52-S/55 ( SOAS manuscript number )