English Faculty Book Gallery
Description
This is a basic dictionary of Kpelle with a small grammatical sketch at the beginning of the book.
Originally published by the Indiana University Linguistics Club Publications. (1997)
Available for download (top button) is an updated Glossary including an introduction as well as specifics regarding the Kpelle Language (2017)
additional image download (bottom button) is a sample page from the upcoming dictionary.
Publication Date
1997
Publisher
Indiana University Linguistics Club Publications
Disciplines
Anthropological Linguistics and Sociolinguistics | Language Description and Documentation | Linguistics
Recommended Citation
Winkler, Elizabeth, "Kpelle-English dictionary, with accompanying English-Kpelle glossary" (1997). English Faculty Book Gallery. 21.
https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/english_book/21
Included in
Anthropological Linguistics and Sociolinguistics Commons, Language Description and Documentation Commons
Comments
Elizabeth Grace Winkler earned degrees at Ohio University and Indiana University. Before coming to WKU, she held faculty positions at Columbus State University in Georgia and the University of Arizona, Tucson. In addition to her teaching experience, she has taught English as a second language at several universities in the US and in Monterrey, Mexico. She currently serves on the International Advisory board for the journal of Linguistics and Literature, a publication of the University of Costa Rica. She is also currently serving as a consultant to a group creating orthography of the Kpelle language, a language for which Winkler has authored the only existing dictionary. Winkler has authored an introductory linguistics text that is currently in its second edition as well as published scholarly journal articles and book chapters in edited volumes on creoles and gender.