Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Nigeria
ISBN : UCBK:C120090576
Harsunan Nijeriya
Anonim
Harsunan Nijeriya
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Poetry, Prose and Popular Culture in Hausa
Graham Furniss
Author : Graham Furniss
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2019-07-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781474468299
Poetry, Prose and Popular Culture in Hausa by Graham Furniss Pdf
Introducing poetry, prose, songs and theatre from Nigeria, this engaging volume blends translated extracts with a rich commentary on the historical development and modern context of this hugely creative culture. Examining imaginative prose-writing, the tale tradition, popular song, Islamic religious poetry and modern TV drama amongst other topics, this is a clear and accessible book on a literary culture that has previously been little-known to the English-speaking readership.
Studies in Hausa
Graham Furniss,Philip J. Jaggar
Author : Graham Furniss,Philip J. Jaggar
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2015-06-03
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781317406150
Studies in Hausa by Graham Furniss,Philip J. Jaggar Pdf
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.
A History of the Hausa Language
Paul Newman
Author : Paul Newman
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2022-03-31
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9781009275514
A History of the Hausa Language by Paul Newman Pdf
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.
Savanna
Anonim
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Ecology
ISBN : STANFORD:36105015520856
Savanna by Anonim Pdf
Language, Literature and Culture in a Multilingual Society
Ozo-mekuri Ndimele,Mustapha Ahmad
Author : Ozo-mekuri Ndimele,Mustapha Ahmad
Publisher : African Books Collective
Page : 1129 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2016-12-14
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789785431193
Language, Literature and Culture in a Multilingual Society by Ozo-mekuri Ndimele,Mustapha Ahmad Pdf
The papers here were selected from presentations made at the 24th Annual Conference of the Linguistic Association of Nigeria (LAN) which held at Bayero University Kano. The book contains seventy-seven (77) papers addressing various issues in linguistics, literature and cultures in Nigeria. The book is organized into four sections, as follows: Section One Language and Society; Section Two Applied Linguistics; Section Three Literature, Culture, Stylistics and Gender Studies and Section Four Formal Linguistics.
The Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics
Stephen Cushman,Clare Cavanagh,Jahan Ramazani,Paul Rouzer
Author : Stephen Cushman,Clare Cavanagh,Jahan Ramazani,Paul Rouzer
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 1678 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2012-08-26
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781400841424
The Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics by Stephen Cushman,Clare Cavanagh,Jahan Ramazani,Paul Rouzer Pdf
The most important poetry reference for more than four decades—now fully updated for the twenty-first century Through three editions over more than four decades, The Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics has built an unrivaled reputation as the most comprehensive and authoritative reference for students, scholars, and poets on all aspects of its subject: history, movements, genres, prosody, rhetorical devices, critical terms, and more. Now this landmark work has been thoroughly revised and updated for the twenty-first century. Compiled by an entirely new team of editors, the fourth edition—the first new edition in almost twenty years—reflects recent changes in literary and cultural studies, providing up-to-date coverage and giving greater attention to the international aspects of poetry, all while preserving the best of the previous volumes. At well over a million words and more than 1,000 entries, the Encyclopedia has unparalleled breadth and depth. Entries range in length from brief paragraphs to major essays of 15,000 words, offering a more thorough treatment—including expert synthesis and indispensable bibliographies—than conventional handbooks or dictionaries. This is a book that no reader or writer of poetry will want to be without. Thoroughly revised and updated by a new editorial team for twenty-first-century students, scholars, and poets More than 250 new entries cover recent terms, movements, and related topics Broader international coverage includes articles on the poetries of more than 110 nations, regions, and languages Expanded coverage of poetries of the non-Western and developing worlds Updated bibliographies and cross-references New, easier-to-use page design Fully indexed for the first time
Ideophones
Erhard Friedrich Karl Voeltz,Christa Kilian-Hatz
Author : Erhard Friedrich Karl Voeltz,Christa Kilian-Hatz
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 454 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2001-01-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9027229465
Ideophones by Erhard Friedrich Karl Voeltz,Christa Kilian-Hatz Pdf
The present volume represents a selection of papers presented at the International Symposium on Ideophones held in January 1999 in St. Augustin, Germany. They center around the following hypotheses: Ideophones are universal; and constitute a grammatical category in all languages of the world; ideophones and similar words have a special dramaturgic function that differs from all other word classes: they simulate an event, an emotion, a perception through language. In addition to this unique function, a good number of formal parallels can be observed. The languages dealt with here display strikingly similar patterns of derivational processes involving ideophones. An equally widespread common feature is the introduction of ideophones via a verbum dicendi or complementizer. Another observation concerns the sound-symbolic behavior of ideophones. Thus the word formation of ideophones differs from other words in their tendency for iconicity and sound-symbolism. Finally it is made clear that ideophones are part of spoken language the language register, where gestures are used rather than written language.
The Princeton Handbook of World Poetries
Roland Greene,Stephen Cushman
Author : Roland Greene,Stephen Cushman
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 720 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2016-11-22
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781400880638
The Princeton Handbook of World Poetries by Roland Greene,Stephen Cushman Pdf
An authoritative and comprehensive guide to poetry throughout the world The Princeton Handbook of World Poetries—drawn from the latest edition of the acclaimed Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics—provides a comprehensive and authoritative survey of the history and practice of poetry in more than 100 major regional, national, and diasporic literatures and language traditions around the globe. With more than 165 entries, the book combines broad overviews and focused accounts to give extensive coverage of poetic traditions throughout the world. For students, teachers, researchers, poets, and other readers, it supplies a one-of-a-kind resource, offering in-depth treatment of Indo-European poetries (all the major Celtic, Slavic, Germanic, and Romance languages, and others); ancient Middle Eastern poetries (Hebrew, Persian, Sumerian, and Assyro-Babylonian); subcontinental Indian poetries (Bengali, Hindi, Marathi, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Tamil, Urdu, and more); Asian and Pacific poetries (Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese, Mongolian, Nepalese, Thai, and Tibetan); Spanish American poetries (those of Mexico, Peru, Argentina, Chile, and many other Latin American countries); indigenous American poetries (Guaraní, Inuit, and Navajo); and African poetries (those of Ethiopia, Somalia, South Africa, and other countries, and including African languages, English, French, and Portuguese). Complete with an introduction by the editors, this is an essential volume for anyone interested in understanding poetry in an international context. Drawn from the latest edition of the acclaimed Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics Provides more than 165 authoritative entries on poetry in more than 100 regional, national, and diasporic literatures and language traditions throughout the world Features extensive coverage of non-Western poetic traditions Includes an introduction, bibliographies, cross-references, and a general index
Being and Becoming Hausa
Anne Haour,Benedetta Rossi
Author : Anne Haour,Benedetta Rossi
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 325 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2010-07-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789004185432
Being and Becoming Hausa by Anne Haour,Benedetta Rossi Pdf
Drawing on anthropology, linguistics, economic history, and archaeology, this book offers a compelling portrait of the emergence and evolution of Hausa identity in West Africa.
Literature, Integration and Harmony in Northern Nigeria
Abdulraheem, Hamzat I.,Aliyu, Saeedat
Author : Abdulraheem, Hamzat I.,Aliyu, Saeedat
Publisher : Kwara State University Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2018-03-19
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9789785487022
Literature, Integration and Harmony in Northern Nigeria by Abdulraheem, Hamzat I.,Aliyu, Saeedat Pdf
This book explores from various perspectives how the literature of the northern region of Nigeria has promoted the ideology of integration and societal resurgence. Through the diverse cultural productions from this very heterogenous socio-political region, researchers have dissected the portrayals and characterisations of ideologies which foster harmony among the people who speak a multitude of languages and have an array of cultural practices. These contributions bring to the fore the multiple roles that both indigenous literary productions and those adapted from foreign elements have played in realising social and cultural integration and advancing collective values of the people of Northern Nigeria. This collection of essays is the result of a selection of scholarly contributions to two national conferences on Literature on Northern Nigeria held at the Kwara State University, Malete in 2015 and 2016.
Literature, History and Identity in Northern Nigeria
Tsiga, Ismaila A.,Bhadmus, M.O.
Author : Tsiga, Ismaila A.,Bhadmus, M.O.
Publisher : Safari Books Ltd
Page : 409 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2016-02-22
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9789788431879
Literature, History and Identity in Northern Nigeria by Tsiga, Ismaila A.,Bhadmus, M.O. Pdf
This unique collection of articles on literature in northern Nigeria is in three parts. Part one presents an overview of the running theme, in which Na’Allah explores the theoretical relationship between literature, history and identity in northern Nigeria, using the proverbial story of the blind man who holds a lamp while walking alone in the night. Similarly, Tsiga undertakes in a long bibliographical essay, a notable survey of the relationship between literature, history and identity in northern Nigeria, chronicling the development of life writing in the region dating back three hundred years. Part two focuses on the relationship between literature and history in northern Nigeria and begins with the article in which Illah investigates the theme. He uses the image of the bus to underscore the point he makes concerning the uniqueness of northern Nigerian literature, which continues its journey, even without a spare tyre. Equally in this part, Balogun discusses Yerima’s Attahiru, Ameh Oboni: The Great as theatres of colonial resistance; just as Methuselah also examines the heroism celebrated in Ahmed Yerima’s Attahiru. Adamu revisits the trans-fictional use of the Grimm Brothers’ tale in the early published Hausa written narratives, while Yunusa and Malumfashi examine similar historical concerns in Abubakar Imam and Sa’adu Zungur, respectively. This part concludes with Garba assessing the transformation of the written Hausa prose narratives into radio broadcasts; while Abiodun examines in a historiographic survey the various forms and composition of Ilorin music. In what might have been the scholar’s last conference article before his sudden death, Nasidi, in Part three, opens the debate on literature and identity in northern Nigeria, eloquently theorising on the relationship with Foucault, his favourite philosopher. AbdulRaheem illustrates how the literature of the people of Ilorin is their identity marker, while Kazaure investigates the split character in Labo Yari’s Man of the Moment. Ibrahim explores identity in marriage between migrants and natives in Kanchana Ugbabe’s Soul Mates, while Aondofa investigates globalisation and indigenous television. Using Tiv film typology, like Aondofa, Sulaiman examines the use of diction in characterisation in the film industry. The third of the contributors on the film industry, AbdulBaqi, uses films shown on DSTV’s African Magic channels to investigate matrimonial harmony in North Central Nigeria. Jaji revisits the antecedents and prospects in the relationship between prose and identity in northern Nigeria. Giwa offers a detailed investigation of Zaynab Alkali’s The Initiates on gender politics. Similarly, Muhammad and Muhammad are concerned with identity and the gender politics in Bilkisu Abubakar’s To Live Again and The Woman in Me. The last article in the book, jointly written by Yusuf, Anwonmeh and Agulonye, offers the only viewpoint on children’s literature in northern Nigeria.
Literatures in African Languages
B. W. Andrzejewski,S. Pilaszewicz,W. Tyloch
Author : B. W. Andrzejewski,S. Pilaszewicz,W. Tyloch
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 678 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1985-11-21
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780521256469
Literatures in African Languages by B. W. Andrzejewski,S. Pilaszewicz,W. Tyloch Pdf
Although African literatures in English and French are widely known outside Africa, those in the African languages themselves have not received comparable attention. In this book a number have been selected for survey by fourteen specialist writers, providing the reader with an introduction to this very wide field and a body of reference material which includes extensive bibliographies and biographical information on African authors. Theoretical issues such as genre divisions are discussed in the essays and the historical, social and political forces at work in the creation and reception of African literature are examined. Literature is treated as an art whose medium is language, so that both the oral and written forms are encompassed. This book will be of value not only to readers concerned with the cultures of Africa but to all those with an interest in the literary phenomena of the world in general.
Convergence: English and Nigerian Languages
Ozo-mekuri Ndimele
Author : Ozo-mekuri Ndimele
Publisher : African Books Collective
Page : 922 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2016-02-22
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789785416497
Convergence: English and Nigerian Languages by Ozo-mekuri Ndimele Pdf
The present volume, which is the 5th in the Nigerian Linguists Festschrift Series, is devoted to Professor Munzali A. Jibril, a celebrated icon in university administration, and an erudite Professor of English Linguistics. The title of this special edition was specifically chosen to crown Professor Jibril s academic prowess in both English and indigenous Nigerian languages, and to mark and laud his official departure from active university lectureship. 72 assessed papers are included from the many submitted. Papers cover the main theme of the volume, i.e. the interaction between English and indigenous Nigerian languages, and there are a number of papers on other secular areas of linguistics such as: language and history, language planning and policy, language documentation, language engineering, lexicography, translation, gender studies, language acquisition, language teaching and learning, pragmatics, discourse and conversational analysis, and literature in English and African languages. There is also a rich section devoted to the majwor traditional fields of linguistics - phonology, morphology, syntax and semantics.
Chadic Newsletter
Anonim
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1970
Category : Chad
ISBN : STANFORD:36105015128957