36.1180, Books: A grammar of Sherbro: Childs (2025)

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Subject: 36.1180, Books: A grammar of Sherbro: Childs (2025)

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Date: 08-Apr-2025
From: Sebastian Nordhoff [sebastian.nordhoff at langsci-press.org]
Subject: A grammar of Sherbro: Childs (2025)


Title: A grammar of Sherbro
Series Title: African Language Grammars and Dictionaries
Publication Year: 2025

Publisher: Language Science Press
           http://langsci-press.org
Book URL: https://langsci-press.org/catalog/book/403

Author(s): G. Tucker Childs

eBook

Abstract:

This is the first modern grammar and dictionary of Sherbro, an
endangered Mel language spoken by ca. 50,000 people in Sierra Leone.
The language faces significant pressure being abandoned in favor of
the lingua francas Mende, Themne, Krio, and English. The previous
grammar, while competently done, was written in 1921 as a handbook for
missionaries. The autonym for the language is Bolom; however, speakers
of the language while speaking Krio or English use “Sherbro” to refer
to themselves and their language, so that practice is followed here.
The grammar and dictionary are based on field data collected as part
of a four-year research project (2016-2020), “Documenting the Sherbro
Language and Culture,” funded by the Hans Rausing Endangered Languages
Documentation Programme. An archive of the project is permanently
housed by the Endangered Languages Archive (ELAR),
www.elar-archive.org including the FLEx database, more than 30 glossed
transcriptions and more than 150 recordings. This book is intended as
a resource for linguists and Sherbro speakers, learners, and
educators.

Linguistic Field(s): Typology

Subject Language(s): Sherbro (bun)

Written In: English (eng)



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