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IDEOPHONIC VERBS IN HAUSA
Abstract:
Ideophonic verbs in Hausa (Ideophones with syntactic behavior of verb) are verbs whose sounds suggest their meaning. These type of verbs escaped the sight of researchers. The research exposes yet another landmark in the study of Hausa language. Three Hausa dictionaries were studied, where ideophonic verbs were extracted and analyzed. Words like faska “to hit with the palm” tsuugaa “to pour too much water” etc are verbs which sounds imitate certain sounds or actions. Ideophonic verb has two basic things. The first is that the sounds in every word imitate the sounds of the real action and secondly, the action is woven neatly with an intensifier. These types of verbs are semantically two dimensional, one expressing manner of action and the other expressing degree of action. Ideophonic verbs are of two types: Onomatopoeic Ideophonic verbs and non-onomatopoeic ideophonic verbs. The connection between sound and sense in these types of verbs are also analyzed.
IDEOPHONIC VERBS IN HAUSA
