The Centre de linguistique appliquée de Dakar (French for "Center of Applied Linguistics of Dakar"), abbreviated CLAD, is a language institute, which especially plays an important role in the orthographical standardization of the Wolof language.[ citation needed]
The institute is located in Dakar ( Senegal) and belongs to the Cheikh Anta Diop University ( "Université Cheikh Anta Diop"). [1]
History
The Centre was founded in 1963, [1] and was initially headed by Gabriel Manessy. [2]
Overview
The Serer Division is headed by Professor Souleymane Faye. Together with his team, they work towards standardizing the Serer language. [3] [4] Faye, a professor of linguistics at the Cheikh Anta Diop University [5] who has authored and co-authored several books and papers pertaining to the Serer and Cangin languages [4] [6] is one of the current professors of the Centre (as of 2012). [7]
References
- ^ a b "Accueil | CLAD - Centre Lignustique Appliquée de Dakar". clad.ucad.sn. Retrieved 2024-06-11.
- ^ "Hommage à Gabriel Manessy". www.academia.edu. Retrieved 2024-06-11.
- ^ "Workshop Know Your Rights!/Connais Tes Droits!", report by African Commission on Human Rights, Brandeis University and the West African Research Centre (WARC) (2007) [1], pp 11 and 15
- ^ a b (in French) Faye, Souleymane (CLAD, Dakar), & Dijkstra, Hillebrand ( Société Internationale de Linguistique, Dakar), "Glotalisees du Sereer-Siin, du Saafisaafi et du Noon du Senegal: Etude Comparative de la Sonorite", [2][ permanent dead link]
- ^ "Africorp.org". www.africorp.org. Retrieved 2024-06-11.
- ^ OpenLibrary.org. "Souleymane Faye". Open Library. Retrieved 2024-06-11.
- ^ "CLAD personnel". Archived from the original on 2014-04-01. Retrieved 2012-08-13.
External links
- CLAD at the Swiss OSIL Site (in French)
- Cheikh Anta Diop University (Dakar, Senegal) (in French)
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