Alwiya S. Omar

Education

1992: PhD in Linguistics, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana

1985: MA in Linguistics, University of Dar-es-salaam, Tanzania

1978: BA in English Language and Linguistics, Kuwait University, Kuwait

Research Interests

Pragmatics and Language Learning

Computer Assisted Language Learning

Publications

Conversational Openings in Kiswahili: The Pragmatic Performance of Native and Non-native speakers. In L. Bouton & Y. Kachru (Eds), Pragmatics and Langauage Learning: Monograph Series Volume 3 (pp. 20 - 32). Urbana-Champaign: University of Illinois. (1992)

Closing the Conversation in Kiswahili: A Description of the Performance of native and non-native speakers. In L. Bouton & Y. Kachru (Eds), Pragmatics and Language Learning: Monograph Series Volume 4 (pp. 104 - 125). Urbana-Champaign: University of Illinois. (1993)

Linking Openings to Closings in Kiswahili Conversations. Indiana University Linguistics Club Publications (mimeo), Bloomington, Indiana (1993)

Work

1995 - present: Visiting faculty with African Studies Program and Department of Linguistics at the University of Pennsylvania; teach Kiswahili and co-ordinate the African Language Program

Have taught at the University of Dar-es-salaam, Department of Foreign Languages and Linguistics; and at Indiana University, the African Language Program.

You can contact me at:

African Studies Center
642 Williams Hall
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA 19104
215 898-6971

or

Department of Linguistics
University of Pennsylvania
619 Williams Hall
Philadelphia, PA 19104
215 898-6046

Last modified on May 28th, 1997
Alwiya S. Omar, asomar@ling.upenn.edu
Coordinator, African Languages
Assistant Director, African Languages and Tutorials, Penn Language Center