Rana Daya Book 2 Hausa Novel

Recurrent Gestures of Hausa Speakers

"Is the relation between gestures and language conventionalized? Is it possible to investigate the backgrounds of the users by means of these gestures? This book offers an in-depth analysis and description of five recurrent gestures used by Hausa speakers from northern Nigeria, examined from a cross-cultural perspective. The method based on studying naturalistic data available online (sermons, interviews and talk shows) can be applied to other languages with no speech corpora. Particular attention is paid to cultural practices and routinized behavior that affect both the performance of a gesture and its meaning and function. Everyday activities, such as greetings and religious rituals, as well as social hierarchy and gender differences are reflected in gestures. The results show that gestures and language reveal the shared cultural background of the speakers and reflect identical cognitive processes"--

Hausa-English dictionary

Ribar Kishi

'Da na sani...' da 'Bazan mance ba...' kunnen jaki ne, basu taba haduwa saida dalili. 'Ribar Kishi kuwa adashen makauniya ce, idan tasan na zubi batasan ta dauka ba' Fatima Zara ta kasance diya daga cikin iyalan mai biyar. Ta Rayu cikin jin dadi da kwanciyar hankali a dalilin biyu. Ta shiga cikin kuncin rayuwa a yayin da kishin daya ya tarwatsa zaman lafinya da kwanciyar hankalin su, wanda yayi sanadiyyar rayuwar daya kuma ta gurbata rayuwar daya. Duk a cikin littafin RIBAR KISHI.