Hausa Grammar - With Exercises, Readings and Vocabulary

Informationen zum Autor fm.author_biographical_note1 Klappentext Charles Henry Robinson (1861-1925) was a Cambridge scholar who, during the 1890s, published several books on the language, literature and culture of the Hausa people. Hausa is an African language originating in Niger and northern Nigeria and spoken widely in West and Central Africa as a lingua franca. Published in 1897, Robinson's Grammar was written to serve the needs of missionaries, colonial staff and army officers who wished to communicate with the local people, but made no claim to be definitive or comprehensive. Until the twentieth century Hausa was written in an Arabic script, examples of which are given, while the exercise sections of the grammar are transliterated for students unfamiliar with Arabic. The vocabulary, mainly relating to agriculture, trade and domestic life, was chosen to suit the practical needs of Robinson's intended audience, and reveals much about colonial life in West Africa as well as providing linguistic information. Zusammenfassung Published in 1897! Robinson's Grammar was written to serve the needs of missionaries! colonial staff and army officers in West and Central Africa who wished to communicate with the local people. Compiled for practical! communicative purposes rather than for purely academic study! it remained the standard work for twenty-five years. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; Introduction; Pronouns; The verb; Substantives; Numerals; Adjectives; Adverbs; Prepositions; Conjunctions; Interjections; Additional grammatical notes; Common or idiomatic expression; Hausa readings; Vocabulary; Note.

Product details

• Authors: Charles Henry Robinson, Robinson Charles Henry
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 17.11.2011
• EAN: 9781108031370
• ISBN: 978-1-108-03137-0
• No. of pages: 140
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - Linguistics
• Subjects: Education and learning > Adult education/adult education classes > Adult education class / course materials (language); Fiction > Narrative literature; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Grammar & Punctuation, Hausa, Grammar & vocabulary, Language learning: grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Spelling & Vocabulary