Paul Newman

History of the Hausa Language (eBook, ePUB)

Reconstruction and Pathways to the Present

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

With more than sixty million speakers across Nigeria, Niger, Cameroon, and Ghana Hausa is one of the most widely spoken African languages. It is known for its rich phonology and complex morphological and verbal systems. Written by the world's leading expert on Hausa, this ground-breaking book is a synthesis of his life's work, and provides a lucid and comprehensive history of the language. It describes Hausa as it existed in former times and sets out subsequent changes in phonology, including tonology, morphology, grammar, and lexicon. It also contains a large loanword inventory, which highlights the history of Hausa's interaction with other languages and peoples. It offers new insights not only on Hausa in the past, but also on the Hausa language as spoken today. This book is an invaluable resource for specialists in Hausa, Chadic, Afroasiatic, and other African languages as well as for general historical linguists and typologists.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. März 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781009275514
• Artikelnr.: 66177739

Autorenporträt

Distinguished Professor Emeritus Paul Newman is regarded as the pre-eminent scholar on the Chadic family as a whole and on the Hausa language in particular, he was a founding editor of the Journal of African Languages and Linguistics, now approaching its 40th year, and a charter member of the advisory board of the online journal Language Documentation & Conservation. His areas of specialization in teaching and research include African languages (especially Hausa), historical linguistics, morphophonology, tone, field methods, lexicography, and language and law.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
1. The hausa language
2. Phonology
3. Morphology
4. Syntax-grammar
5. Loanwords
6. Lexicon and etymologies
7. Conclusion.