ʿAjamī Annotations in Bilingual and Manuscripts from Mande Speaking Areas Visual and Linguistic Features
The article describes and analyse the paratextual elements (annotations) in Soninke and Manding languages in the manuscripts from modern-day Senegal, the Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Mali and Burkina Faso. It focuses on specific layout of the annotations in relation to the main text, the linking a...
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| Published in: | Islamic Africa Vol. 8; no. 1-2; pp. 111 - 143 |
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| Format: | Journal Article |
| Language: | English |
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01-01-2017
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| Summary: | The article describes and analyse the paratextual elements (annotations) in Soninke and Manding languages in the manuscripts from modern-day Senegal, the Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Mali and Burkina Faso. It focuses on specific layout of the annotations in relation to the main text, the linking and tagging/labelling techniques applied to connect them to the source text, their linguistic features and other peculiarities. |
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| ISSN: | 2333-262X 2154-0993 |
| DOI: | 10.1163/21540993-00801006 |