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Name:	Steve Nicolle (IPA: sti:v)
Institution:	Africa International University
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State and/or Country:	00502 Kenya
Linguistic Field(s):	General Linguistics Historical Linguistics Pragmatics Semantics Translation Anthropological Linguistics
Language Family(ies):	Narrow Bantu
Selected Publications:	A descriptive grammar of Digo, 16 articles in peer-reviewed journals, 8 book chapters, a trilingual Digo-Swahili-English dictionary (co-authored), 1 ethnobotany, 4 conference proceedings, and 25 book reviews.
Courses Taught:	Semantics, Pragmatics, Morphosyntax, Advanced Morphosyntax, Translation, Advanced Translation, Discourse Analysis
Dissertation Abstract:	Conceptual and Procedural Encoding in Relevance Theory: A study with reference to English and Kiswahili
Reviewer of:	Review: Omar - Kiswahili conversations (LL Issue 8.831) Introductory Sketch of the Bantu Languages (LL Issue 22.3912)
Academic Paper Abstract:	Jouni Maho, A comparative study of Bantu noun classes (Orientalia et Africana Gothoburgensia 13). Gteborg: Acta Universitatis Gothoburgensis, 1999. Pp. xvi+388. Deborah Schiffrin, Deborah Tannen and Heidi E. Hamilton (eds.), The handbook of discourse analysis (Blackwell Handbooks in Linguistics). Oxford: Blackwell Publishers, 2001. Pp. xx+851. Diachrony and Grammaticalization Pragmatic aspects of grammaticalization Implicit Aspects of Culture in Source and Target Language Contexts Scope and the functions of be going to Textual functions of Chidigo demonstratives The Grammaticalization of Tense Markers: A pragmatic reanalysis Distal Aspects in Bantu Languages A Comparative Study of Ethnobotanical Taxonomies: KiSwahili and ChiDigo. Markers of general interpretive use in Amharic and Swahili Communicated and Non-communicated Acts in Relevance Theory. Experimental Pragmatics and What Is said: A response to Gibbs and Moise. On the Translation of Implicit Information: Experimental evidence and further considerations. Phatic interpretations: standardisation and conventionalisation Go-and-V, Come-and-V, Go-V and Come-V: A corpus-based account of deictic movement verb constructions. Metarepresentational demonstratives in Digo Mental models theory and relevance theory in quantificational reasoning The grammaticalisation of movement verbs in Digo and English The Relevance of Ethnobotanical Studies to Linguistic Vitality: The case of plant use and classification among the Digo of Kenya ‘Be Going to’ and ‘Will’: A monosemous account A Relevance Theory Perspective on Grammaticalization A relevance-theoretic account of 'be going to' The Swahili Object Marker: Syntax, semantics and mythology Review of K. R. Coventry, T. Tenbrink & J. A. Batemen (eds.) (2009) Spatial Language and Dialogue Review of A. Werner (1919, reprinted 2011) Introductory Sketch of the Bantu Languages Review of K. Jaszczolt (2005) Default Semantics: Foundations of a compositional theory of acts of communication Review of G. Yule (2006) The Study of Language (3rd Edition) and R. W. Fasold & J. Connor-Linton (eds.) (2006) An Introduction to Language and Linguistics Review of W. G. Lycan (2001) Real Conditionals and B. Dancygier & E. Sweetser (2005) Mental Spaces in Grammar: Conditional constructions Review of A. Verhagen (2005) Constructions of Intersubjectivity: Discourse, syntax, and cognition Review of M. Mous (2003) The Making of a Mixed Language: The case of Ma’a/Mbugu Review of C. Myers-Scotton (2002) Contact Linguistics: Bilingual encounters and grammatical outcomes Review of E. Shay & U. Seibert (eds.) (2003) Motion, Direction and Location in Languages: In honor of Zygmunt Frajzyngier Review of D. Schiffren et al. (eds.) (2001) Handbook of Discourse Analysis A Grammar of Digo (a Bantu language of Kenya and Tanzania) Semantic-pragmatic change in Bantu ‑no demonstrative forms



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