Studies in Hausa (eBook, ePUB)

Language and Linguistics
Redaktion: Furniss, Graham; Jaggar, Philip J.

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Produktbeschreibung

First published in 1988, this book is a landmark in the study of one of the major African languages: Hausa. Hausa is spoken by 40-50 million people, mostly in northern Nigeria, but also in communities stretching from Senegal to the Red Sea. It is a language taught on an international basis at major universities in Nigeria, the USA, Western and Eastern Europe, the Middle and Far East, and is probably the best studied African language, boasting an impressive list of research publications. As Nigeria grows in importance, so Hausa becomes a language of international standing.

The volume brings together contributions from the major contemporary figures in Hausa language studies from around the world. It contains work on the linguistic description of Hausa, various aspects of Hausa literature, both oral and written, and on the description of the relationship of Hausa to other Chadic languages.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 314
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Juni 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317406150
• Artikelnr.: 43075104

Autorenporträt

Graham Furniss, Philip J. Jaggar

Inhaltsangabe

Preface; Introduction; F. W. Parsons- A Biographical Sketch and List of
Publications; Contributors; A Note on Transcription; Eaminees, Examiners
and Examinations: The Hausa Language Requirements of the Northern Nigerian
Government, 1901-62 A. H. M. Kirk-Greene Part I: Language and Linguistics
1. The Vowels of Hausa J. Carnochan 2. Fonction de la diathèse dans le verb
haoussa Claude Gouffé 3. Discourse-deployability and Indefinite NP-marking
in Hausa: a Demonstration of the Universal 'Categoriality Hypothesis'
Philip P. Jaggar 4. Hausa and Chadie- A Reappraisal Herrmann Jungraithmayr
5. A Nag-giong question in Hausa: Remarks on the Syntax and Semantics of
the Plural Noun of Agent J. A. McIntyre 6. O Shush! An Exclamatory
Construction in Hausa Paul Newman 7. Augmentative Adjectives in Hausa
Roxana Ma Newman 8. On the Distribution of Consonants and Vowels in the
Initial Syllable of Disyllabic Grade 2 Verbs in Hausa Nina
Pilszczikowa-Chodak 9. Resumptive Strategies in Hausa Laurice Tuller Part
II: Language and Literature 9. A¿ilu Aliyu, Wordsmith: some Aspects of the
Language of his Poetry D. W. Arnott 10. The Use of Linguistic Devices in
Hausa Poetry Dauda Muhammad Bagari 11. The Language of Praise and
Vilification: Two Poems by Muhammadu Audi of Gwandu about Abubakae, Emir of
Nupe Graham Furniss 12. New Vocabulary and Idioms in Modern Hausa
Literature Stanislaw Pilaszewicz 13. Préalable to a Theory of Hausa Poetic
Meter Russell G. Schuh 14. Lexical Incompatibility as a Mark of 'Karin
Magana' Neil Skinner 15. The Language of Hausa Riddles Ibrahim Yaro Yahaya
16. A Hausa Language and Linguistics Bibliography 1976-86, (including
supplementary material for other years) Nicholas Awde; Index