The Range and Beauty of Internal Reconstruction: Probing Hausa Linguistic History

Using examples from Hausa, this paper demonstrates the probative value of Internal Reconstruction (IR) as a method for unearthing linguistic history. Five developments in the history of Hausa discovered by means of IR are described. These are Klingenheben’s Law; two previously unrecognized diphthong...

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Main Author: Paul Newman
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: Warsaw University Press 2014-12-01
Series:Studies in African Languages and Cultures
Online Access:https://salc.uw.edu.pl/index.php/SALC/article/view/99