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dc.contributor.author | Moussa Yacouba, Abdoul Aziz | - |
dc.contributor.author | Bouhania, Bachir /supervisor | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-12-16T09:53:45Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2019-12-16T09:53:45Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2016 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://www.univ-adrar.dz/:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/3384 | - |
dc.description | Degree in Linguistics and Didactics | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | The present research investigates the causes behind the emergence of Hausa as a national lingua franca in Niger. Precisely, the research seeks to answer the question as to why Hausa has become a lingua franca in Niger. To answer this question, a sociolinguistic approach of language spread or expansion has been adopted to see whether it applies to the Hausa language. It has been found that the emergence of Hausa as a lingua franca is mainly attributed to geo-historical reasons such as the rise of Hausa states in the fifteenth century, the continuous processes of migration in the seventeenth century which resulted in cultural and linguistic assimilation, territorial expansion brought about by the spread of Islam in the nineteenth century, and the establishment of long-distance trade by the Hausa diaspora. Moreover, the status of Hausa as a lingua franca has recently been maintained by socio-cultural factors represented by the growing use of the language for commercial and cultural purposes as well as its significance in education and media. These findings arguably support the sociolinguistic view regarding the impact of society on language expansion, that the widespread use of language is highly determined by social factors. The research concludes that languages do not spread mainly because of political factors such as colonization or conquest; socio-cultural and economic factors can equally play a leading role in the expansion process. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | ahmed draia university- adrar | en_US |
dc.subject | emergence | en_US |
dc.subject | Hausa | en_US |
dc.subject | national lingua franca | en_US |
dc.subject | Niger | en_US |
dc.title | The Emergence of Hausa as a National Lingua Franca in Niger | en_US |
dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
Appears in Collections: | Mémoire de Master |
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