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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doaj-880051cbe6024fa2a78bb73fa59689362020-11-25T02:49:28ZdeuWarsaw University PressStudies in African Languages and Cultures2545-21342657-41872014-12-0148133293The Range and Beauty of Internal Reconstruction: Probing Hausa Linguistic HistoryPaul Newman0Bloomington, IndianaUsing 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 diphthongs, *iu and *ui; the emergence of the phoneme /h/ from a phonetic feature of word onset; vowel lowering resulting in asymmetry in plural formation; and the preservation of an archaic third person singular masculine pronoun *ni in fixed compounds. Keywords: Hausa, Klingenheben’s Law, historical linguistics, internal reconstruction, diphthongs, compoundshttps://salc.uw.edu.pl/index.php/SALC/article/view/99 |
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The Range and Beauty of Internal Reconstruction: Probing Hausa Linguistic History |
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Studies in African Languages and Cultures |
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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 diphthongs, *iu and *ui; the emergence of the phoneme /h/ from a phonetic feature of word onset; vowel lowering resulting in asymmetry in plural formation; and the preservation of an archaic third person singular masculine pronoun *ni in fixed compounds.
Keywords: Hausa, Klingenheben’s Law, historical linguistics, internal reconstruction, diphthongs, compounds |
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