The Hausa Lexicographic Tradition

The Hausa Lexicographic Tradition

<p>Abstract: Hausa, a major language of West Africa, is one of the most widely studied languagesof Sub-Saharan Africa. It has a rich lexicographic tradition dating back some two centuries. Sincethe first major vocabulary published in 1843 up to the present time, almost 60 lexicographic...

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Main Authors: Roxana Ma Newman, Paul Newman
Format: Article
Language:Afrikaans
Published: Woordeboek van die Afrikaanse Taal-WAT 2011-10-01
Series:Lexikos
Subjects:
ARABIC, BILINGUAL LEXICOGRAPHY, DIALECTAL VARIANTS, DICTIONARIES, ENGLISH, ETYMOLOGIES, FRENCH, GERMAN, GLOSSARIES, GRAMMATICAL CATEGORIES, HAUSA, LANGUAGE LEARNING, LOANWORDS, NEOLOGISMS, NIGER, NIGERIA, ORTHOGRAPHY, PHONETIC TRANSCRIPTION, PHONOLOGY, RUSSIAN, STANDARD DIALECT, STANDARDIZATION, TERMINOLOGY, VOCABULARIES, WEST AFRICA
Online Access:http://lexikos.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/853

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