Function Words of Arabic Origin in Hausa

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" Function Words of Arabic Origin in Hausa "
Patryk Zając

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	1064382
Doc. No	:	LA108011
Call No	:	‭10.1163/24685631-12340070‬
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Patryk Zając
Title & Author	:	Function Words of Arabic Origin in Hausa [Article]\ Patryk Zając
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Annali Sezione Orientale
Date	:	2019
Volume/ Issue Number	:	79/1-2
Page No	:	18–51
Abstract	:	The aim of this paper is to analyse Hausa function words of Arabic origin which act as grammatical elements within sentence structure. The twenty-one items identified in Hausa dictionaries as Arabic loans have been presented with reference to their grammatical status (nouns, particles, phrases) and function (co- and subordinators, prepositions). The descriptive features of the Arabic forms and their Hausa counterparts have been taken from reference grammars and verified contextually in regard to their functioning in sentences extracted from texts published on the BBC web-site. As a result, the function words of Arabic origin in Hausa were divided into groups according to their grammatic or pragmatic/stylistic functions. The analysis shows that the Hausa function words are result of contextual adaptation of the Arabic words to the Hausa grammar rather than simply lexical borrowings.
Descriptor	:	African Studies
Descriptor	:	Arabic loanword
Descriptor	:	conjunction
Descriptor	:	function word
Descriptor	:	General
Descriptor	:	Hausa
Descriptor	:	set phrase
Location & Call number	:	‭10.1163/24685631-12340070‬