A Reference Grammar of Hausa

该项目的目的是编写一本急需的豪萨语参考语法，尼日利亚是非洲人口最多的国家，是整个尼日利亚最大的语言，毫无疑问，也是撒哈拉以南非洲地区最重要的语言之一。这本参考书将是五十多年来首次出现的语言新语法，将包括对语言的各个方面的全面描述，包括发音、构词、句法结构和方言变异。它还将包括关于其语言历史和发展的信息。除了对豪萨语言学术本身做出重大贡献外，该语法还将作为一本宝贵的参考著作，供对查迪亚语和非亚语比较感兴趣的学者以及关注语言学理论和类型学广泛问题的普通语言学家参考。该项目将在主要的非洲研究中心印第安纳大学进行，由国际公认的豪萨语权威机构首席调查员在豪萨语专家小组的协助下进行，其中包括一些受过语言培训的豪萨语使用者。最终的产品将是一本使用现代计算机能力准备的大型参考书，并通过正常的学术出版渠道发行。

ABSTRACT The aim of the project is to prepare a much-needed Reference Grammar of Hausa, the largest language in all of Nigeria, Africa's most populous country, and unquestionably one of most important languages in all of sub-Saharan Africa. This reference work, which will be the first new grammar of the language to appear in over fifty years, will consist in a comprehensive description of all aspects of the language, including pronunciation, word formation, syntactic structure, and dialect variation. It will also include information on its linguistic history and development. In addition to being a major contribution to Hausa linguistic scholarship per se, the grammar will also serve as an invaluable reference work for scholars interested in comparative Chadic and Afroasiatic, and for general linguists concerned with broad questions of linguistic theory and typology. The project will be carried out at Indiana University, a major center of African studies, by the Principal Investigator, an internationally recognized authority on the Hausa language, assisted by a team of Hausa language experts, including a number of linguistically trained Hausas speakers. The final product will be a large reference book prepared using modern computer capabilities and distributed through normal academic publishing channels.