BAMBANCIN HAUSAR KAFI DA DAIDAITACCIYAR HAUSA
BAMBANCIN HAUSAR KAFI DA DAIDAITACCIYAR HAUSA
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2012
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ANBALA, USMAN
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This research work was conducted in Keffi; it is an analysis of one of the
numerous places that Hausa language has assumed the status of a lingua franca for
numerous communities. Hausa in Keffi is a language of trade and commerce,
worship, education, communication, entertainment etc for both native and non native
speakers of the language. This study was therefore, undertaken to study the nature of
the variant Hausa spoken in Keffi with the aim of contrasting its form with the
standard Hausa phonologically, morphologically and syntactically. The multi-lingual
nature of Kefffi and its environs have pushed the people within to adopt Hausa
language as medium for both inter and intra communication purposes. The
backgrounds of both native and non native speakers of Hausa in Kefffi have lead to
noticeably different or rather variations in phonological, morphological and syntactic
formations different from the standard variety of Hausa language. These formations
are as results of the influence of mother tongue interference of its various non native
speakers and the dynamism or rather uniqueness of Hausa language or what others
understood as inherent challenges of the nature of Hausa language, added to that is the
conglomeration of Hausa native speakers from different parts of Hausaland. Chapter
one of this research which is an introduction contained a detailed background of the
research, brief history of the formation of Keffi, significance of the research and
raised research questions and hypothesis. Chapter two reviewed the relavant literature
for this study starting from what language is, its relationships with dialect and accent,
why do we have variations in language, the need and its significance of its, ways of
studying language variations, language standardization, Hausa outside the mother
area, processes of studying language variations. The chapter also reviewed
phonological processes like; assimilation, insertion, deletion, coalescence,
palatalization, liabilization, vowel harmony, etc. Chapter three of this research work
carried the phonological variations that are found to exist between standard Hausa and
that of Keffi. Findings from this chapter include deglottalization of some consonant
sounds, monothongization, deliabilization etc. Chapter four of the work is the study of
the variation of the Keffi Hausa with that of the standard variety on the basis of
morphosyntactic processes. Also findings from this chapter have revealed that the
variety that exist in Kafi shows violation of the standard Hausa intonation rules, tense
and gender deletion in word classes of possession, genitival complex, stabilizer and
some insertion of some elements in some sentences. Finally, chapter five carries the
summary of the research report along side conclusion and recommendation.
Description
A THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL
AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA, NIGERIA
IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT FOR THE AWARD OF MASTERS
DEGREE OF ARTS IN AFRICAN LANGUAGES (HAUSA) AHMADU
BELLO UNIVERSITY,
ZARIA, NIGERIA
OCTOBER, 2012.
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BAMBANCIN,, HAUSAR,, KAFI,, DAIDAITACCIYAR,, HAUSA,