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Name:	David  Roberts
Institution:	Langage, langues et cultures d'Afrique noire
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State and/or Country:	France
Linguistic Field(s):	Writing Systems
Specialty:	Tone Orthography
Subject Language(s):	Kabiyè
Language Family(ies):	Gur
Selected Publications:	ROBERTS, David & Steven L. WALTER (forthcoming): 'Writing meaning rather than sound in the orthographies of tone languages'. In Written Language and Literacy. ROBERTS, David (forthcoming): Parlons le kabiyè. Harmattan, Paris. ROBERTS, David (in press): 'Autosegmental and pedagogical considerations in preparation for a tone orthography experiment.' Journal of West African Languages 38:2, 87-106. ROBERTS, David (2011): 'The development of Kabiye and its status as one of the 'national' languages of Togo'. In Ochien Orwenjo and Obiero Ogone (eds), Language and Politics in Africa: Contemporary Issues and Critical Perspectives, 468-494. Newcastle-on-Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing. ROBERTS, David (2011): 'A tone orthography typology'. In Written Language and Literacy 14:1, 82–108. ROBERTS, David (2010): 'Hidden morpheme boundaries in Kabiye: a source of miscues in a toneless orthography.' Writing Systems Research. 2:2 139-153. ROBERTS, David (2010): 'Exploring written ambiguities can help assess where to mark tone'. In Writing Systems Research. 2:1, 25-40. ROBERTS, David (2009): 'Visual crowding and the tone orthography of African languages'. In Written Language & Literacy 12:1, 140-155. ROBERTS, David (2008): 'Thirty years of tone orthography testing in West African languages (1977-2007)'. In Journal of West African Languages 35:1-2, 199-242. ROBERTS, David (2008): 'The two Kabiye orthographies: a sociolinguistic and linguistic comparison'. In Written Language & Literacy, 11(1): 49-72. ROBERTS, David (2005): 'The variable status of nasals as tone bearing units in Kabiye'. In Tone systems in African languages, ed. Rose Juliet Anyanwu, Frankfurter Afrikanistiche Blätter, 17, 155-178. Cologne, Rüdiger Köppe Verlag. ROBERTS, David (2003): 'Tone spreading in the Kabiye associative noun phrase. In Gur Papers 6: Proceedings of the 3rd Gur colloque, Kara, 19 - 22 February 2001, eds. Manfred von Roncador, Kerstin Winkelmann and Ulrich Kleinwillinghöfer. Bayreuth, University of Bayreuth, Germany. Download. ROBERTS, David (2003): Review of Lébikaza (1999) Grammaire kabiyè une analyse systématique : phonologie, tonologie et morphosyntaxe. In Journal of African Languages and Linguistics 24(2): 202-204.
Courses Taught:	Tonologie des langues africaines, SIL Togo, 10 - 28 May 2010 Language Programmes Planning and Implementation, ETP UK, 30 March – 9 April 2009 (MA programme in Linguistics and Literacy validated by the University of Middlesex) Intercultural Communication, ETP UK, 8 – 10 December 2008 (MA programme in Linguistics and Literacy validated by the University of Middlesex)) Analyse grammaticale des langues africaines, SIL Togo, 2 – 13 July 2007 Language and Culture Acquisition, ETP UK, 7-18 July 2003 Techniques d’apprentissage des langues, ETP France, 4 August – 12 September 2003 Introduction to Language Studies, ETP UK, 30 July – 1 August 2001 Principes de traduction, SIL Togo, 16 – 26 May, 2000 Orthographe des langues africaines, SIL Togo, 31 July – 28 August 2000 Language and Culture Acquisition, ETP UK, 9 July – 28 August 1998
Dissertation Abstract:	L'orthographe du ton en kabiyè au banc d'essai
Academic Paper Abstract:	The Two Kabiye Orthographies: A sociolinguistic and linguistic comparison Tonal Processes in the Kabiye Verb Phrase The Variable Status of Nasals as Tone Bearing Units in Kabiye The Tone Bearing Unit in Kabiye: Syllable or mora? L'orthographe du ton : nouvelles approches méthodologiques Pour une troisième voie dans la graphie tonale des langues africaines : le cas du kabiyè La graphie tonale des langues africaines à la lumière de la psychologie cognitive de la lecture Exploring Written Ambiguities Can Help Assess Where to Mark Tone Thirty Years of Tone Orthography Testing in West African languages (1977-2007) Visual Crowding and the Tone Orthography of African Languages A Tone Orthography Typology Writing Meaning Rather Than Sound in the Orthographies of Tone Languages Hidden Morpheme Boundaries in Kabiye: A source of miscues in a toneless orthography Autosegmental and Pedagogical Considerations in Preparation for a Tone Orthography Experiment
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