Browsing by Author "Muhammad, Bashir Yusuf"

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    A Comparative Semantic Study of Stress and Intonation Phenomena on Vocabularies Level in Hausa and Arabic Languages
    (Department of Nigerian Languages, Nasarawa State University Keffi, 2013-01-05) Salisu, Abdulkadir; Muhammad, Bashir Yusuf
    This paper conducts a comparative semantic study of stress and intonation phenomena, in Hausa and Arabic Languages. It also, aims to shade lights on the concept of these phenomena, their type, influence and places of their existence in both languages. The paper again mentioned efforts made by ancient and modem Linguistics scholars in classifying languages into stressnal and non-stressnal, and intonation and non-intonatun; finally the paper explained the relationship between stress and intonation.
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    KARFAFAWA A SIGAR NASON SAUTI A HAUSA: NAZARI A WASU WAKOKIN MUSA DANKWAIRO
    (Department of Nigerian Languages, Nasarawa State University Keffi, 2023-04-09) Muhammad, Bashir Yusuf; Abba, Sagir Abba
    Wannan takarda ta yi nufin zakulo wurare daban-daban da Rarfafa sauti yake zamtowa a sigar naso a cikin wasu wakokin makada Musa Dankwairo Maradum. An yi amfani da Diwanin Gusau (2019) wajen tattara wakokin da aka yi amfani da su, inda aka sami wurare masu yawa da Dankwairo yakan karfafa sauti ya rage masa daraja a ma’aunin amo a kokarinsa na nashe wasu sautuka da suka yi makwabtaka da juna. Domin tantance bayanai a kan nason an haka, an yi amfani da ma’aunin amo na Silkirk (1984) wajen auna yadda Rarfafawar take kasancewa. Saboda haka, nashe sauti tamkar rage masa daraja ne. Binciken ya gano cewa, nason dama na kalma da kalma yakan auku a cikin wakokin makada Musa Dankwairo, inda darajar kwayar sauti ta asali takan a ragu yayin da aka nashe ta.
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    THE PHONOGICAL STATUS OF /I/ AND /U/ IN HAUSA
    (Department of Nigerian Languages, Nasarawa State University Keffi, 2001-07-06) Muhammad, Bashir Yusuf
    This paper comprises of two parts: The phonogical peculiarities of /i/ and /u/ in Hausa. Non-Contrastive rising tone in Hausa. While part I specifically highlights the alternations of /i/ and /u/ with /*/ as well as their neutralization to /*/. Part 11, on the other hand, identifies certain attributes and function of a rising tone in Hausa. It ends by briefly discussing current state of affairs in the study of Hausa phonology in Nigerian Universities as well as Hausa studies generally in foreign Universities.
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    A Socio- Cultural and Linguistic Analysis of Gbagyi Names
    (Department of Languages and Linguistics, Nasarawa State University, Keffi, 2015-10-01) Abraham, David A.; Amende, Charles A.; Muhammad, Bashir Yusuf
    Names apart from serving as makers of individuals’ identities reveal the deep rooted socio semantic and cultural values, experience, prevailing situations and philosophies of a given society. The focus of this paper therefore, is on the structure and socio-semantic and cultural importance of Gbagyi names and their relevance to cultural promotion and identity of Gbagyi nation. It will also examine the various perspectives leading to the understanding of Gbagyi names and the meanings of Gbagyi names to their society. The method of data collection employed in collecting data for the work is that of interaction with the Gbagyi native speakers. Written materials on Gbagyi were also consulted to elicit Data. Direct observations among native speakers of the language also formed part of the method of data collection employed. The Data collected were analysed based on the structure and meaning of Gbagyi given names. The paper,though may not be as exhaustive provides an insight into the structure and semantics and values of Gbagyi personal names as reveals the implications and importance of names to the bearers in Gbagyi and to the general public at large.
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    THE SYNTAX OF AGATU PERSONAL NAMES
    (Department of Languages and Linguistics, Nasarawa State University, Keffi, 2017-09-17) Umaru, Jacob Yakubu; Muhammad, Bashir Yusuf; Abraham, David A.
    The paper gives an insight into the syntactic structure of Agatu personal names. The motivation for the research is the importance attached to linguistic act of naming, which is a unique human trait and medium for conceptualising and interpreting human experiences and essence. The study is-limited to Ag£tu dialect spoken inAg&tu Local Government Area of Benue State. Two sources of information were open to the researchers for both primary and secondary data collection. The primary sources came from the field, which included those that were derived directly from the native speakers through interviews and observations. The language assistants/ consultants were Ag£tu - English bilinguals; whose competence in the chosen dialect and the data could be verified by any native speaker of Agcitu. Five respondents were selected from each of the villages, with three men and two women each from the villages. The consultants were chosen because they were native speakers and have lived in the local government area for a long time. Textual materials such as thesis, dissertations and projects, journal articles, chapters in books, encyclopaedia, textbooks, internet, and so on form the secondary _ sources of data collection. One of the researcher's high levels of competence in the language was also very useful in the collection, collation and elicitation of data collected on the field. This also helps to give direction to the work. The researchers made use of five techniques for data collection, that is, the oral interviews, which involved one - on - one interaction between the researchers and the respondents, one of the researcher's intuitions as a native speaker, tape recording of interactions between the researchers and the respondents and subsequent translation of the data by the research assistants. Competent native speakers who are proficient in the dialect were also used to translate the data. This enabled the researchers to elicit actual translation of the English to Ag£tu version and to analyse the syntax of Ag6tu names. Descriptive method of data analysis was used to analyse the structure of Ag6tu names. The findings of this paper show that the structures of . Agcitu personal names are in words, phrases as well as sentences, which are desententialized. This research, therefore, has contributed to the syntactic • analysis of African languages.