Author: Shigeki Kaji
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Category : Haya language
Languages : en
Pages : 578

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Author: Roxana Ma Newman
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780300047028
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 327

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"Hausa students and Hausaphiles now have an English-Hausa dictionary that is readily available, attractively produced and quite attractively priced, and more comprehensive than any English-based dictionary for an African language...A magnificent accomplishment that promises to serve a wide variety of purposes. It establishes both precedent and an excellent model that one hopes will be followed for other less commonly taught languages." -William R. Leben, Modern Language Journal This is a modern comprehensive dictionary designed specifically for English-speaking users who wish to acquire communicative fluency in Hausa, West Africa's most important and most widely spoken language.The dictionary contains a broad selection of words that the average person is likely to need in speaking and writing Hausa for everyday use. Included are common technical terms drawn from a range of fields, as well as generally accepted borrowings from English and French. The entries are divided into meaning groups and grammatical categories, marked clearly by semantic and usage indicators to help the user distinguish between the various meanings. Numerous phrases, sentences, and common idiomatic expressions illustrate conversational usage and provide culturally informative contexts. The easy to read typography marks lexical and grammatical distinctions of tone and vowel length for every Hausa word in the dictionary. The introduction provides concise information on various points of Hausa grammar. Useful appendixes include pronoun paradigms, pronunciation guides to Hausa place names and personal names, an index of Nigerian and international organizations, and a description of the currencies of Nigeria and Niger. An English-Hausa Dictionary will be an invaluable guide for students, research scholars, translators, and people with educational business, or governmental ties in West Africa who are interested in learning the language and culture of one of that area's most dynamic societies. It will be equally useful to non-Hausa speaking Africans who want to learn Hausa. In general, the innovative design features of this book will set a new standard for pedagogically oriented reference works of African languages. "A valuable resource for scholars and students of linguistic and African languages and literature...It is highly recommended for use in academic and research libraries. Newman and her editorial staff deserve to be congratulated." -Felix Eme Unaeze, American Reference Books Annual

Author: Paul Newman
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300122462
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 267

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This up-to-date volume, the first Hausa-English dictionary published in a quarter of a century, is written with language learners and practical users in mind. With over 10,000 entries, it primarily covers Standard Nigerian Hausa but also includes numerous forms from Niger and other dialect areas of Nigeria. The dictionary includes new Hausa terminology for products, events, and activities of the modern world. Its definitions show the use of Hausa words in context, and particular attention is paid to idioms, figurative meanings, and special usages. As a guide to pronunciation, headwords and illustrative sentences are fully marked for tone and vowel length. The book adopts a unique approach to the presentation of verb forms that clarifies lexical relationships and their correct usage.

Author: Nicholas Awde
Publisher:
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Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 488

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Twelve essays drawn from chapters in the The Rivers Handbook describing river organisms and their taxa, adaptions, ecologies, and trophic interactions. The contributing scholars consider the principles, practice, and problems entailed in making reliable observation, the ways in which river biota are impacted by human activity, and how this information can be used as indicators to effect river management. The volume is suitable as a reference, or a text for post-graduate students. Includes illustrations. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Author: Paul Newman
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780300081893
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 760

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This book is a comprehensive grammar of Hausa, one of the largest and most important languages of Africa. Hausa is spoken by some 35 million people as a first language and approximately 15 million more as a second language. Paul Newman, a world authority on the Hausa language, draws on two centuries of Hausa linguistic scholarship to provide the most authoritative and detailed grammar of the language ever written. Unlike other grammars, this book is organised alphabetically. Readers will appreciate the ease with which they can find the specific individual topics that interest them. The grammar covers such expected topics as tonology, noun plurals, and verbal tense/aspect as well as often neglected topics, including verbal idioms, proper names, and language games. Newman also incorporates historical linguistic notes that explain and explicate current Hausa phenomena, especially puzzling anomalies, in terms of their Chadic and Afroasiatic origins.

Author: Philip J. Jaggar
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135752168
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 253

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First Published in 1992. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

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Category : Ethnology
Languages : ja
Pages : 268

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Author: Roy Clive Abraham
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Category : Hausa language
Languages : en
Pages : 260

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Author: Nicholas Awde
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Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 184

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Author: Graham Furniss
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN:
Category : Hausa language
Languages : en
Pages : 328

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First published in 1988. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.