Etymological nature of verb- and noun-based phrasal compounds in Hausa

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  • Ксения Сергеевна Минеева Moscow State University (IAAS MSU), 11, ul. Mokhovaya, Moscow, 125009, Russian Federation

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21638/11701/spbu13.2016.201

Abstract

This article is devoted to the issue of etymological nature of verb- and noun-based phrasal compounds in Hausa. The research was conducted as follows: collecting data, morphological and syntactical analysis, etymological analysis. An attempt was made to arrange a classification on etymological basis. The possible grouping presented in the article is: loan translations, adoptions and originally Hausa units. Consistent analyses has indicated that the most commonly used units are those having original Hausa words as both parts. That is true for both noun- and verb-based compounds. The second presented units are those with loan words as parts of compounds. Nowadays there seem to appear more phraseological units based on adoptions from other languages but they are not that numerous. Data for the research comes from the internet articles, fiction literature texts and Hausa chronicles.

Keywords:

linguistics, phraseology, compounds, hausa language, research

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Литература

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References

McIntyre J. A. Hausa verbal compounds. (Afrikanistische Forschungen, 14). Köln, Rüdiger Köppe Verlag, 2006. 346 p.

Piłaszewicz S. Phraseologisms in Hausa: new development or an old tradition? Frankfurt: Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, 1992. 21 p.

Grabka J., Pawlak N. The verbal basis of compound words in Hausa. Warsaw, Studies of the department of African languages and cultures, 1989. 28 p.

Horn U. Zu einigen Problemen der Abgrenzung der Phraseologie des Hausa (Asien, Afrika, Lateinamerika no.18). Berlin, 1983. 15 p.

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Published

2016-06-20

How to Cite

Минеева, К. С. (2016). Etymological nature of verb- and noun-based phrasal compounds in Hausa. Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. Asian and African Studies, (2), 4–13. https://doi.org/10.21638/11701/spbu13.2016.201

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No. 2 (2016): Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. Series 13. Asian Studies. African Studies

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Linguistics

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