03974oam 2200625I 450 991097367740332120251117000001.01-315-68343-11-317-40615-X10.4324/9781315683430 (CKB)3710000000421686(EBL)3569376(SSID)ssj0001540875(PQKBManifestationID)11879094(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001540875(PQKBWorkID)11534455(PQKB)10805967(MiAaPQ)EBC3569376(OCoLC)958106221(EXLCZ)99371000000042168620180706e20151988 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrStudies in Hausa language and linguistics in honour of F.W. Parsons /edited by Graham Furniss and Philip J. Jaggar1st ed.Abingdon, Oxon ;New York :Routledge,2015.1 online resource (319 p.)Routledge RevivalsFirst published in 1988 by KPI Limited in association with the International African Institute.1-138-92609-4 Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.""Cover""; ""Half Title""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Original Title Page""; ""Original Copyright Page""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Introduction""; ""F. W. Parsons-A Biographical Sketch and List of Publications""; ""Contributors""; ""A Note on Transcription""; ""Examinees, Examiners and Examinations: The Hausa Language Requirements of the Northern Nigerian Government, 1902-62""; ""PART I: LANGUAGE AND LINGUISTICS""; ""The Vowels of Hausa""; ""Fonction de la diathèse dans le verbe haoussa""""Discourse-deployability and Indefinite NP-marking in Hausa: a Demonstration of the Universal 'Categoriality Hypothesis'""""Hausa and Chadic-A Reappraisal""; ""A NAg-ging Question in Hausa: Remarks on the Syntax and Semantics of the Plural Noun of Agent""; ""O Shush! An Exclamatory Construction in Hausa""; ""Augmentative Adjectives in Hausa""; ""On the Distribution of Consonants and Vowels in the Initial Syllable of Disyllabic Grade 2 Verbs in Hausa""; ""Resumptive Strategies in Hausa""; ""PART II: LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE""""Akilu Aliyu, Wordsmith: Some Aspects of the Language of his Poetry""""The Use of Linguistic Devices in Hausa Poetry""; ""The Language of Praise and Vilification: Two Poems by Muhammadu Audi of Gwandu about Abubakar, Emir of Nupe""; ""New Vocabulary and Idioms in Modern Hausa Literature""; ""Préalable to a Theory of Hausa Poetic Meter""; ""Lexical Incompatibility as a Mark of Karin Magana""; ""The Language of Hausa Riddles""; ""A Hausa Language and Linguistics Bibliography 1976-86, (including supplementary material for other years)""; ""Index""First published in 1988, this book is a landmark in the study of one of the major African languages: Hausa. 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.Routledge revivals.Hausa languageHausa literatureHistory and criticismHausa language.Hausa literatureHistory and criticism.493.72493.72Furniss Graham657438Jaggar Philip J.1945-1878925Parsons F. W(Frederick William),1908-1878926MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910973677403321Studies in Hausa language and linguistics4491884UNINA