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Journal articles on the topic "Zarma language"

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Adiego, Ignasi-Xavier. "The Survival of the God Name Šarruma in Cilician Names in the Greek Sources." Altorientalische Forschungen 46, no. 2 (November 6, 2019): 147–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/aofo-2019-0010.

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Abstract This paper studies some Cilician names attested in Greek sources that contain the element ζαρμα-. The two main interpretative hypotheses – a connection to Luwian zalma-, or a connection to the god name Šarruma/Šarma- – are critically analysed. The conclusion reached is that while the ambiguity of ζαρμα- cannot be resolved, it is highly likely that both -sarma and -zarma really existed as different elements in the formation of personal names in Iron Age Hieroglyphic Luwian. There was probably a tendency towards confusion between -sarma and -zarma, caused by phonological proximity and semantic crossing of certain names.
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Hassane, Moulaye. "Qur'anic Exegesis in Niger: A Songhay-Zarma Oral Commentary on Sūrat al-Baqara." Journal of Qur'anic Studies 15, no. 3 (October 2013): 184–205. http://dx.doi.org/10.3366/jqs.2013.0117.

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The city of Saayi (Say), Niger has played an important role in the regional development of Islam from the early nineteenth century onwards. This paper traces its history and the biography of the founder, using the available written and oral sources, while also describing its role as a contemporary religious centre. The Qur'an is commented on in local languages both in the context of traditional advanced religious education and in Ramaḍān. The intellectual sources, language and ritual dimensions of enunciation of these oral commentaries are analysed, as are the ceremonies specific to Ramaḍān. Although Say was founded by Fulfulde-speaking scholars, reflecting the general cultural and social evolution of the city and its area, for the past 50 years, the Qur'an commentary in the Friday mosque has been given in Songhay-Zarma. While these commentaries are essentially based on recognised Arabic ones, their language makes some reference to the images and concepts of local Songhay-Zarma culture. The linguistic features and substantive content of Songhay-Zarma oral tafsīr are illustrated by two excerpts, each presenting several verses of Sūrat al-Baqara: one is drawn from a full tafsīr collected in Say in 1968, at the initiative of the well-known statesman and man of letters Boubou Hama; the other was collected in the Zarma country in 1905–6.
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Waheed Ayisa Jayeola. "Definiteness in the Zarma determiner phrase." Legon Journal of the Humanities 30, no. 2 (December 31, 2019): 141–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/ljh.v30i2.7.

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Adjectives in definite Determiner Phrases of Zarma, a Nilo-Saharan language trigger an additional (suffixed/base-merged) lexical determiner; in the event of adjectives modifying nouns, definite determiners can occur with either the nouns or the adjectives or both. In all of these cases, no different readings obtain. Structured interviews were conducted with Zarma native speakers to collect the data for this study. I analyse the phenomenon as a case of definite determiner doubling which does not bear on any form of agreement relations. I further suggest that definite determiner and its subsets – numeral, demonstrative, and quantifier do not overlap. However, each of these can occur alongside adjectives within the DP. Consequently, I consider the adjective as an exponent of the adjunct category. Based on Abney’s DP-Hypothesis and the restrictive theory of the Minimalist Program, the paper argues that the asymmetry in the surface realizations of elements/constituents within the Zarma DP is the effect of movement.
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Muhammad, Abubakar. "On Language Endangerment and Language Maintenance: A Case Study of Zarma of Sokoto State of Nigeria." International Journal of Linguistics 6, no. 5 (October 23, 2014): 51. http://dx.doi.org/10.5296/ijl.v6i5.5984.

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Singy, Pascal. "Le français au Niger: pratiques déclarées et représentations." Cahiers du Centre de Linguistique et des Sciences du Langage, no. 15 (April 9, 2022): 109–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.26034/la.cdclsl.2004.1629.

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Deux raisons au moins militent en faveur de la présence dans ce volume d'un chapitre consacré au français. La première, évidente, tient dans le fait que même s'il fait encore clairement figure de « visitor language » – pour reprendre l'éclairante expression d'Efurosibina ADEGBIJA (1994 : 66), le français constitue aujourd'hui l'unique langue officielle de la République du Niger. Dans ces conditions, on comprendrait mal qu'une étude sociolinguistique conduite à large échelle sur le sol nigérien ne s'arrête pas sur certaines des conséquences attitudinales qu'entraîne un tel état de fait. La seconde raison tient au rapport particulier que le français entretient avec certaines des langues locales, rapport dont les effets de véhicularisation - caractéristique majeure du paysage linguistique africain (NICOLAÏ, 2001 : 399) - qui lui sont associés ont toutes chances de peser sur le devenir des Nigériens. Ainsi, l'observation montre qu'en divers points de l'espace nigérien (c'est le cas notamment dans les agglomérations de Niamey, de Maradi et de Tillabéri), le hausa et/ou le songhay-zarma permettent la communication entre des locuteurs qui ne l'ont pas tous pour langue première (CALVET, 1996 : 452). De ce point de vue, assurant une fonction véhiculaire dans certaines circonstances, ils s'opposent ici aux autres idiomes en présence qui, eux, se limitent! à permettre la communication intra-ethnique. Attendu la véhicularité que confère - de jure serait-on tenté de dire - au français son statut de langue de l'Etat, on peut donc poser l'existence dans certaines régions du Niger d'une diglossie véhiculaire (CALVET, 1996).
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Abdoulaye, Mahamane L., and Salimata Abdoulrazikou. "Non-verbal predications in Zarma." Linguistik Online 127, no. 3 (April 8, 2024): 3–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.13092/lo.127.11086.

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This article presents new findings in the use of copulas nôo ‘be’ and ti ‘be’ in non-verbal predications in Zarma (Songhay; Niger, Nigeria). Based on some exclusive contexts of use and some morphosyntactic criteria, the article distinguishes a basic type of predication with one term “NP + nôo” used in deictic identification (e. g.: Abdù nôo ‘it’s Abdu’) and a type of predication with two terms “NP1 + NP2 + nôo” used in nominal predications and equative sentences (e. g.: wodìn Abdù nôo ‘that is Abdu’). The article shows that copula ti replaces copula nôo in negation but also in non-verbal focus constructions where it is generally preceded by the subordinating conjunction kà/gà and very likely marks the presupposed part of the sentence (e. g.: [Muusà nôo] kà ti càwkŏo ‘[it’s Musa] who is a student’). Finally, the article shows that in Zarma, it is the one-term predication “NP + nôo” that is recruited to mark focus-fronted constituents of verbal and non-verbal predications, thus confirming an observation already made about other languages.
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Kajeej, Omar Abdullah. "غَ رَ بَ طَ نَ ظَ و هَو زا رَ يَا نَاقدٌ نَقده لَقصيدة "َبحق رَب اَلورىَ" لَلشعر اَلحاج عَمر اَ لَ كَ بَ وَي أَنموذجا." Yandoto Academic Journal of Arabic Language and Literature 6, no. 01 (December 30, 2022): 27–41. http://dx.doi.org/10.36349/yajoall.2022.v06i01.003.

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This research in title “Garba Dantsoho Zaria, is Critic his scrutinising the poetry of Alh. Umar Al-Kabawai named "for the sake of mankind’s creator" as model ". The paper intended to highlight the contributions of Garba Dantsoho Zaria, toward the development of Arabic literature and criticism in Nigerian Arabic Literature. The research contained the biography of the author (Critic) Garba Dantsoho Zaria, his struggle for seeking the Arabic language and Islamic studies, his compositions toward the development of Arabic language literature and criticism in the fill of Nigerian Arabic Education, at the end the paper explains the preferment and structure of his book, called the presentation, analysis, and the criticism of the Alh. Umar Al-kabawai poets, finally the conclusion, summary, and recommendations were been given.
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Abu-Irmies, Amani Juma, and Rajai Rasheed Al-Khanji. "The Role of Social Media in Maintaining Minority Languages: A Case Study of Chechen Language in Jordan." International Journal of Linguistics 11, no. 1 (February 20, 2019): 62. http://dx.doi.org/10.5296/ijl.v11i1.14286.

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This study investigates factors motivating the Chechen people in Jordan to use their indigenous language in social media such as WhatsApp and Facebook. It also explores their attitudes towards using the Chechen language in social media. In order to achieve the aims of this study, the researchers have selected a sample that consists of 340 Chechen people who reside in the Jordanian cities and towns: Al-Suknah, Sweileh and Az zarqa. The instruments of the study were a sociolinguistic questionnaire and an open-ended interview. The findings reveal that Chechens use social media such as Facebook and WhatsApp to preserve the Chechen language and their culture. Also, Chechens of Jordan use their ethnic language to communicate with their friends who understand the Chechen language. Besides, the Chechen language has been used in whatsApp and Facebook to promote unity among family members. Moreover, many Chechen people use social media to communicate with other Chechen speakers regardless of familial ties. Results also indicate that Chechens of Jordan have a high positive attitude towards including the Chechen language in social media.
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Ordu, Stanley, and Blessing Jackson Igrubia Peculiar. "Pragmatic Analysis of Elechi Amadi’s Two Poems: Nsukka and Harmattan in Zaria." Journal of Humanities,Music and Dance, no. 34 (June 15, 2023): 12–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.55529/jhmd.34.12.21.

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This research used literary work as the object of research. The literary works analyzed in this research are two poems by Elech Amadi entitled Nsukka and Harmattan in Zaria. The aim of this research is to show the interpretation of language, culture and natural world. while revealing the meaning through language features in the poems. It applied a descriptive method in its analysis. It used multi-modal critical pragmatics as the theory that guided it. The results of the study revealed that the poet used language in describing the natural world and its beauty
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Džemić, Kemal, and Ramiz Tiganj. "Identity marks in the poetic worlds of Zaim Azemović and Faiz Softić." Univerzitetska misao - casopis za nauku, kulturu i umjetnost, Novi Pazar, no. 19 (2020): 127–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.5937/univmis2019127d.

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The paper deals with the poetic features of Zaim Azemović (1935 - 2015) i Faiz Softić (1958), the contemporary Sandžak poets, writers, publicists, essayists, critiques and researchers of folklore who have given the original poetic discourse to Sandzak-Bosniak and the entire Bosniak literature with their works, whereby enriching these literary traditions with new thematic-motive material and peculiar language expression. Zaim and Faiz shaped their artistic worlds with classic methodological acts, but also with modernistic literary and artistic techniques. Using the interpretative approach, in this paper we comparatively observe their most significant poetic accomplishments, basing the research on the hypothesis that identity mark significantly influenced the poetics of these two notable Sandžak poets. The richness and diversity of the opus of these two Sandžak and Bosniak poets, visible influences they left and are leaving on the contemporary literary messengers, and the esthetic qualities of their creativity, are the main incentive for choosing the authors and the corpus of works that are the subject of our research.
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Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Zarma language"

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Van, Der Veken Anneleen. "Vocabulaire de la fonte de l'aluminium en zarma et en hausa du Niger: innovations lexicales et transmissions culturelles." Doctoral thesis, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/2013/ULB-DIPOT:oai:dipot.ulb.ac.be:2013/210531.

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La linguistique historique et comparative joue un rôle important dans l’étude de l’histoire culturelle des sociétés. Dans ce cadre, certains spécialistes se basent sur la méthode de reconstruction lexicale « Wörter und Sachen » (Mots et Choses). Afin de répondre aux problèmes qui se présentent lors de l’application de cette méthodologie, nous avons jugé utile d’étudier le vocabulaire lié à une technique récente dont l’histoire est assez bien connue. Une étude pareille montre comment le lexique s’est constitué et identifie les traces laissées éventuellement par l’histoire de la technique elle-même. Le choix s’est porté sur le lexique de la fonte de l’aluminium en zarma et en hausa du Niger. La recherche témoigne d’une approche empirique et sociolinguistique et l’étude des vocabulaires est abordée partant du principe onomasiologique du changement lexical. Le cœur du travail consiste en l’analyse des vocabulaires récoltés sur le terrain suivant une typologie nouvelle du changement lexical. Une description synthétique des deux langues est fournie afin de permettre au lecteur de se familiariser avec ces systèmes linguistiques. L’étude de quelques cas particuliers montre comment les aspects sociaux influencent indéniablement la constitution des lexiques. La comparaison des lexiques de la fonte dans les langues du Niger avec ceux qui ont été observés dans d’autres langues de l’Afrique occidentale donne l’opportunité de réfléchir sur la nature du vocabulaire de la fonte de façon plus générale. Dans la dernière partie de l’étude d’autres lexiques techniques sont pris en compte afin de progresser vers une théorie plus globale.

/Historical and comparative linguistics plays an important role in the study of a society’s cultural history. In this context, some specialists follow the method of lexical reconstruction "Wörter und Sachen" (Words and Things). In order to deal with the problems that occur in the application of this methodology, we found it useful to study the lexicon of a recent technique for which the history is quite well known. Such a research shows how the vocabulary is constituted and identifies the traces that might be left by the history of the technique itself. We chose the vocabulary of aluminium casting in Zarma and Hausa of Niger. The study testifies of an empirical and sociolinguistic approach, while the vocabulary is explored starting from the onomasiological principal of lexical change. The main part consists of an analysis of the vocabularies collected in the field through a new typology of lexical change. In order to give the reader the occasion to familiarise with the linguistic system of the two languages, a brief grammatical description is given. The study of some particular cases shows how social aspects influence the constitution of the lexicon. The comparison of the casting vocabularies in the languages of Niger with those observed in other West-African countries gives the opportunity to reflect upon the nature of casting vocabulary on a larger scale. The last part of the study takes into account other technical vocabularies in order to develop a global theory.


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Oumarou, Yaro Bourahima. "Eléments de description du zarma (Niger)." Grenoble 3, 1993. http://www.theses.fr/1993GRE39039.

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La langue zarma qui est decrite dans cette these appartient au groupe linguistique songhay-zarma. Elle est parlee dans les regions occidentales de la republique du niger (afrique de l'ouest) par une population estimee a environ 900. 000 ames. La these presente une description assez complete de la langue, englobant des elements de description phonologique, morphologique et syntaxique. Elle comporte une partie consacree a la description phonologique du zarma. Cette partie traite de la phonologie segmentale ou sont proposees des analyses nouvelles portant sur un certain nombre de points importants comme la nasalite, la longueur vocalique, les timbres vocaliques et la relation entre types de syllabes et structures syllabiques. Dans cette meme partie, une place tres importante est reservee a la tonologie et aux mecanismes de formation des mots. L'autre axe important dans l'organisation de cette these est la description grammaticale de la langue. Elle donne un apercu sur les structures syntaxiques attestees en zarma. Dans cette partie, l'accent est mis d'une part sur la notion de predication consideree comme fondement d'un systeme de notions grammaticales et d'autre part, sur le systeme des constructions determinatives : operations de predication et operations de determination sont concues ici comme les operations enonciatives fondamentales, qui fournissent donc l'essentiel des principes explicatifs necessaires a la comprehension de la construction et du fonctionnement des enonces
The zarma language which is the subject of this thesis belongs to the songhay-zarma linguistic group. It is spoken in the western areas of the republic of niger (west africa) by an estimated number of 900. 000 people. The work presents a fairly complete description of the language, including phonological, morphological, and syntactic elements. The section that deals with phonology concentrates on the segmental aspects. It proposes a new approch to an analysis based on a set of essential points such as nasality, vocal length, tonal quality as well as the relationship between types of syllabes and syllabic structures. A considerable part of this section is devoted to the study of tonality, and word formation. The next prominent element of this thesis is the grammatical description of the language. It highlights the attested syntactic structures of the zarma language. The section has a double focus: on one hand the accent is put on the notion of predication rated as the basis of grammatical analysis, and on the other hand it is put on determinative constructions. Here the process of predication and that of determination are conceived as the fundamental enonciative processes. They furnish the basis of the principles necessary for understanding the construction and the functioning of utterances
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Hima, Oumarou. "Problèmes de prosodie en songhay : recherches comparatives entre deux parlers nigériens : le zarma de Dosso et le kaado de Dolbel : thèse." Nice, 2001. http://www.theses.fr/2001NICE2028.

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Cette thèse décrit quelques aspects de la tonologie de deux parlers songhay du Niger : le zarma de Dosso et le kaado de Dolbel. L'analyse consiste à mettre en évidence les faits tonologiques qui caractérisent ces deux parlers, à inventorier le processus et les variations qu'ils manifestent. Le premier chapitre présente le système phonologique de la langue. Les autres chapitres sont consacrés à la tonologie proprement dite. Différents processus ont été analysés : downdritf, downstep, tons flottants, propagation tonale (relèvemnt et abaissement tonal). L'analyse montre que ces deux parlers ont un système tonal très proche puisque seul un ton les sépare : le ton modulé BH est attesté uniquement en zarma.
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Books on the topic "Zarma language"

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Djibo, Moussa. Parlons zarma =: Let's speak Zarma = mu zanta zabarma = iri ma salan zarma ciine. Niamey, Niger: Editions Alpha, 2002.

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Umaru, Isufi Alzuma. Zarma ciine kaamuusu kayna. [Niamey?]: Agence de la francophonie, ACCT, 1998.

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Niger. Direction de la population., ed. Lexique démographique français-zarma. [Niamey]: La Direction, 1992.

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Niger, SIL. [SIL Niger publications in Zarma dialect]. Niamey, Niger: SIL Niger, 2003.

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(Organization), Partenariat Niger. [Partenariat Niger publications in Zarma dialect. Niamey, Niger: Partenariat Niger, 2002.

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(Organization), Partenariat Niger. [Partenariat Niger publications in Zarma dialect. Niamey, Niger: Partenariat Niger, 2002.

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(Organization), Partenariat Niger. [Partenariat Niger publications in Zarma dialect]. Niamey, Niger: Partenariat Niger, 2005.

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Diodi, M. O. Cours de zarma: Pour débutants. [Niger]: M.O. Diodi, 1995.

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Yves, Bernard. Document de recherche pour un dictionnaire français/zarma/son̳ey/dendi. Niamey, Niger: Yves Bernard, 2005.

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Mounkaïla, Fatimata. Le mythe et l'histoire dans la geste de Zabarkâne. Niamey: CELHTO, 1989.

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Book chapters on the topic "Zarma language"

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Alma’aqbeh, Ibrahim, and Hala Alma’aqbeh. "Social Stigma and English Second Language Learners in Jordan: The National University College of Technology and Zarqa University Students as an Example." In Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Customer Social Responsibility (CSR), 459–64. Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland, 2024. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-50939-1_34.

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Čale, Morana. "Mediazioni e contaminazioni del modello dantesco nelle Montagne di Petar Zoranić (1508-1569?)." In Biblioteca di Studi di Filologia Moderna, 61–79. Florence: Firenze University Press, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.36253/979-12-2150-003-5.04.

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The present paper is dedicated to 16th-century Croatian author Petar Zoranić’s (Zadar / Zara, 1508 – 1569?) direct and mediated echoing of Dante’s oeuvre. Zoranić’s pastoral novel Planine (Mountains) belongs to the consistent tradition of reuse, quotation and translation that the Italian poet’s legacy has enjoyed in Croatia from the 14th century to the present day. Building on the work of the humanist writer Marko Marulić (Marcus Marulus Spalatensis, Split / Spalato, 1450-1524), who aspired to do for the Croatian vernacular what Dante did for the Italian volgare, Zoranić adapted Dante’s example to his own purposes not only in the promotion of the Croatian language and literature, but also in the celebration of the beauty, history and cultural heritage of his homeland. A true connoisseur of Dante’s original, the author from Zadar was also competent in the art of appropriation and creative reemployment of the Commedia’s various aspects, an exercise inaugurated by Boccaccio, and practiced by 15th and 16th-century men and women of letters. My contribution will focus on the modalities through which the text of Planine transforms the materials derived from Dante by mixing them with elements from other prestigious literary sources, in their turn heirs or precursors of Dante, such as works by Virgil, Ovid, the Church doctors, the Roman de la rose, Petrarch’s Trionfi, the Decameron and the early narrative production by Boccaccio, Arcadia by Sannazaro and, according to my hypothesis, the Hypnerotomachia Poliphili (Polifilo’s Dream) by Francesco Colonna.
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Muhammad, Abubakar. "The Derivational Processes in the Zarma Numeral System." In The Numeral Systems of Nigerian Languages, 295–302. M and J Grand Orbit Communications, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/j.ctvh8qznv.29.

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Zack, Liesbeth. "31. Excerpts from Yaʿqūb Ṣanūʿ’s Abū Naḍḍāra Zarʾa and ʿAbd Allāh al-Nadīm’s al-Ustāḏ." In Semitic Languages and Cultures, 381–98. Open Book Publishers, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.11647/obp.0208.37.

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Gadet, Françoise, and Anaïs Moreno Kerdreux. "« J’AI COMMENCÉ À PLEURER WESH […] EUH ON PARLE PAS DES DARONS ZAAMA MES DARONS ILS M’ONT MAL ÉDUQUÉE »:." In L’individu et sa langue. Hommages à France Martineau, 211–32. Presses de l'Université Laval, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/j.ctv1h0p2pj.12.

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Souto, Mariana, and Mônica Campo. "Muta : Monstrosity and Mutation." In ReFocus: The Films of Lucrecia Martel, 64–77. Edinburgh University Press, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.3366/edinburgh/9781474485227.003.0005.

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Starting from the short Muta, produced for the clothing brand Miu Miu within the project Women’s Tales, this chapter discusses Lucrecia Martel’s recurring flirtation with horror in her work, citing other films such as The Swamp, The Holy Girl, The Headless Woman, and Zama. The title Muta can refer to both muteness and transformation. In the film’s fabulous and enigmatic universe, a ship that floats across the waterways of Paraguay is occupied only by women – a group of young, slender models, who do not use verbal language to communicate, spew out cobwebs, and at night seem to morph into chrysalis. In interviews, Lucrecia Martel says she often thinks of building her fictional characters not as men, women, children, or any humanoid in general, but as ‘monsters’. This seems to be taken to the extreme in Muta. The filmmaker casts doubt on the existential status of the characters and exposes them more as strange creatures than as humans. Thus, the purpose of this chapter is to discuss two central aspects in the short film: the ideas of metamorphosis and monstrosity. We also seek to observe the way the film dialogues with references such as Asian horror and the world of fashion, as well as navigate through some of its symbolism.
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Conference papers on the topic "Zarma language"

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Chen, Wei-Lin, An-Zi Yen, Cheng-Kuang Wu, Hen-Hsen Huang, and Hsin-Hsi Chen. "ZARA: Improving Few-Shot Self-Rationalization for Small Language Models." In Findings of the Association for Computational Linguistics: EMNLP 2023. Stroudsburg, PA, USA: Association for Computational Linguistics, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.18653/v1/2023.findings-emnlp.310.

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