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Profile
| Academic position | Full Professor |
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| Research fields | General and Comparative Linguistics, Experimental Linguistics, Typology, Non-European Languages,Individual Linguistics, Historical Linguistics |
| Keywords | Language Protection, Minority language, Language Exclusion, Language Extinction, Endangered Language |
| Honours and awards | 2021: Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Digital Cooperation Fellowship 2019: Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Renewed Research Stay Fellowship 2016: Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Alumni Award 2015: Alexander von Humboldt FoundationTalent Travel Award 2015: University of South Africa (UNISA), Department of African Languages Research Fellow 2013: Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Senior Research Fellowship 2010: DAAD Alumnus 2006: PhD Scholarship: UNISA |
Current contact address
| Country | Zimbabwe |
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| City | Harare |
| Institution | Zimbabwe Open University (ZOU) |
Host during sponsorship
| Prof. Dr. Flora Veit-Wild | Institut für Asien- und Afrikawissenschaften, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin |
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| Prof. Dr. Susanne Gehrmann | Seminar für Afrikawissenschaften, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin |
| Prof. Dr. Julius Heinicke | Wissenschafts- und Kulturzentrum, Fachhochschule Coburg Hochschule für angewandte Wissenschaften, Coburg |
| Prof. Dr. Milena Valeva | Fachbereich Umweltwirtschaft/ Umweltrecht, Hochschule Trier, Birkenfeld |
| Prof. Dr. Shumirai Nyota | Curriculum Studies, Great Zimbabwe University (GZU), Masvingo |
| Start of initial sponsorship | 01/09/2013 |
Programme(s)
| 2012 | Georg Forster Research Fellowship Programme for Experienced Researchers |
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Publications (partial selection)
| 2014 | Shumirai Nyota, Jacob Mapara: The Doke Tragedy: The Case of Tonga. In: Itai Muwati, Edgar Nhira Mberi, Emmanuel Chabata, and Mildred Nkolola-Wakumelo , Resuscitating Zimbabwe's Endangered Languages: Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Tonga Language, History and Culture . Africa Institute for Culture, Peace, Dialogue and Tolerance Studies (AICPDTS). , 2014. 302-319 |
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| 2013 | Shumirai Nyota: Exclusion of minority languages in Zimbabwe: The Case of Shangani and Venda . In: Dzimnbabwe Journal of Arts and Social Sciences. , 2013, 204-228 |