Background
Redden, James Erskine was born on December 28, 1928 in Louisville. Son of James Clyde and Leora Mae (Kerr) Redden.
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This book is a full-length instruction course designed for both classroom use and self-study. Fifteen lessons illustrate the fundamentals of the Twi language through dialogues, vocabulary drills and grammar explanations. Using conversation as a learning tool, it details the different tonal pronunciations, inflections and the important role that they play. Cultural, history and social topics are discussed throughout each dialogue.
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U.S. State Department Foreign Service Institute Basic Course in Twi. This course was developed to teach basic everyday Twi to English speakers. Much emphasis is placed on the fact that Twi is a tone language, where the pitch or tone on which a word, syllable, or phrase is pronounced can change the meaning of the entire utterance. Reissued in 2005 on 8 audio CDs (6 hours of recording) with accompanying 240-p. text. Product No. AFTW01D.
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(U.S. State Department Foreign Service Institute Basic Cou...)
U.S. State Department Foreign Service Institute Basic Course in Twi. This course was developed to teach basic everyday Twi to English speakers. Much emphasis is placed on the fact that Twi is a tone language, where the pitch or tone on which a word, syllable, or phrase is pronounced can change the meaning of the entire utterance. Reissued in 2005 on 8 audio CDs (6 hours of recording) with accompanying 240-p. text. Product No. AFTW01D.
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Redden, James Erskine was born on December 28, 1928 in Louisville. Son of James Clyde and Leora Mae (Kerr) Redden.
Bachelor in German, University Louisville, 1950. Doctor of Philosophy in Linguistics, Indiana University, 1965.
Science linguist foreign services institute Department State, Washington, 1961—1965. Associate professor linguistics American University Beirut, Lebanon, 1965—1967. Professor linguistics Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, from 1967.
Senior research fellow Fulbright Foundation, Federal Republic University Hamburg, Germany, 1973—1974. United States office education researcher University Yaoundea, Cameroon, 1971. Consultant Ford Foundation Dakar, Senegal, Abidjan, Ivory Coast and Lagos, 1968—1971.
United States aid various Middle Eastern Countries, 1965—1971.
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Fellow: American Anthropol. Association; member: Canada Linguistic Association, Linguistic Association Great Britain, Teachers English to Speakers Other Languages, Australian Linguistic Society, Societas Linguistica Europaea, International Linguistics Association, West African Linguistics Association, Linguistic Society of America, Lions, Lions.
Married Patricia Jane Stone, April 7, 1950. Children: Deborah, Virginia, Barry, David, Nathan, Alexander. Married Dorothy Louise Eggers Lyons, August 5, 1984.