1 option
Hausa / Philip J. Jaggar.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Jaggar, Philip J., 1945-2023.
- Series:
- London Oriental and African language library ; v. 7.
- London Oriental and African language library, 1382-3485 ; v. 7
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Hausa language--Grammar.
- Hausa language.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (788 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub., c2001.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Hausa is a major world language, spoken as a mother tongue by more than 30 million people in northern Nigeria and southern parts of Niger, in addition to diaspora communities of traders, Muslim scholars and immigrants in urban areas of West Africa, e.g. southern Nigeria, Ghana, and Togo, and the Blue Nile province of the Sudan. It is also widely spoken as a second language and has expanded rapidly as a lingua franca. Hausa is a member of the Chadic language family which, together with Semitic, Cushitic, Omotic, Berber and Ancient Egyptian, is a coordinate branch of the Afroasiatic phylum. This
- Contents:
- HAUSA; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Table of contents; Tables and Figures; Preface; Cross-Referencing, Abbreviations, Symbols, and Transcription; Map; Chapter 1. Introduction; Chapter 2. Phonology; Chapter 3. Classification of Nouns; Chapter 4. Simple Nouns and Adjectives: Gender and Number; Chapter 5. Nominal and Adjectival Derivation; Chapter 6. Tense, Aspect, Mood (TAM) System; Chapter 7. Verb Grades; Chapter 8. Verbal Nouns, Deverbal Nouns and Infinitives; Chapter 9. Noun Phrase Syntax; Chapter 10. Personal Non-Subject Pronouns; Chapter 11. The Syntax of Simplex Clauses
- Chapter 12. Focus, Questions, Relativization and TopicalizationChapter 13. Clausal Complements; Chapter 14. Clausal Coordination and Subordination; Chapter 15. Adverbial Functions: Adverb Phrases, Prepositional Phrases, Noun Phrases; Chapter 16. Selected Texts; References; INDEX
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 715-739) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786613222404
- 9781283222402
- 128322240X
- 9789027283047
- 9027283044
- OCLC:
- 744333851
The Penn Libraries is committed to describing library materials using current, accurate, and responsible language. If you discover outdated or inaccurate language, please fill out this feedback form to report it and suggest alternative language.