A History of the Hausa Language: Reconstruction and Pathways to the Present
Author:   Paul Newman (Indiana University)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
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9781009124300


Pages:   252
Publication Date:   08 August 2024
Format:   Paperback
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A History of the Hausa Language: Reconstruction and Pathways to the Present


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Author:   Paul Newman (Indiana University)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
Imprint:   Cambridge University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.370kg
ISBN:  

9781009124300


ISBN 10:   1009124307
Pages:   252
Publication Date:   08 August 2024
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

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

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'… a must read for specialists in Hausa, Chadic, Afroasiatic and other African languages, as well as for general linguists and typologists.' Bernard Caron, Journal of African Languages and Linguistics


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Paul Newman is the world's foremost authority on the Hausa language. He is also an attorney with special interest in the intersection of language and law. He was a member of the first Peace Corps group to go to Nigeria back in 1961. He has held academic positions at Yale, Bayero University Kano, University of Leiden, and Indiana University. He has published over 20 books and was the founding editor of the Journal of African Languages.

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