Description
Written by the world's leading expert on Hausa, this book provides a lucid and comprehensive linguistic history of the language.
About the Author
Paul Newman is the world's foremost authority on the Hausa language. He is also an attorney with special interest in the intersection of language and law. He was a member of the first Peace Corps group to go to Nigeria back in 1961. He has held academic positions at Yale, Bayero University Kano, University of Leiden, and Indiana University. He has published over 20 books and was the founding editor of the Journal of African Languages.
Reviews
'... a must read for specialists in Hausa, Chadic, Afroasiatic and other African languages, as well as for general linguists and typologists.' Bernard Caron, Journal of African Languages and Linguistics
Book Information
ISBN 9781009123105
Author Paul Newman
Format Hardback
Page Count 215
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Weight(grams) 500g
Dimensions(mm) 235mm * 158mm * 20mm