Linguistic Evidence of Cultural Distance

Opis

Linguistic Evidence of Cultural Distance. The volume presents the current stage of research on Hausa, with particular reference to its cultural background which is readable from the Hausa vocabulary, phraseological expressions and pragmatic aspects of the language structures in the process of communication. It is very valuable monograph for the studies on the Hausa language and its relationships with the languages of others.

This volume contains articles not only by well-known representatives of Hausa and African linguistics but also newcomers to the field who make a welcome contribution to Hausa studies. The volume represents a New Trend on Interfaces between the language, literature and cul