Skip to main content

AN INVESTIGATION OF HAUSA GENDER ABUSE IN SELECTED HAUSA PROGRAMMES OF FOREIGN AND LOCAL MEDIA


Abstract                                                                                                                                      
The objective of this paper is to study gender abuse by the national and international media broadcasters using Hausa language. The abuse by this category of users mixed up feminine and masculine gender which consequently harms Hausa grammar and changes meaning attributed to so many sentences, therefore corrupting communication. The methodology used in preparing this paper is: Following live and repeat broadcast in Hausa, reviewing scholar’s contributions on the matter in their books and journals and analysis of some excerpts from some national and international Radio stations. There is a theory that asserts that gender and sex go together and any attempt to ignore this will create confusion. This paper is based on this theory. The paper discovers that there exist no or inadequate Hausa language grammar familiarity by a large number of the users either as a result of lack or inadequate training in the proper use of the language, hesitations to use the language properly or inferiority complex that pushes some users to use other language gender style. Meanwhile, what I found suggests that there is need for the Hausa language scholars to address the found problems by developing an interaction ground between the users of the language and themselves with the intention of improving the user familiarity and usage of the language. The scholars should also make it a duty to follow the activities of the users to monitor the wrong usage and provide ways to address the issue. However, the users should also make it a habit to participate in conferences and workshops that are organized to address Hausa language usage, grammar and relevant issues. 
full paper 

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

SUNAYE NA BADINI MASU MOTSA RAI NA HAUSA

Abstract Noun class in Hausa is a vast category of the lexicon that have many groups in it, for instance, there is a group of proper nouns, collective nouns, common nouns, countable and uncountable nouns, etc. This research titled ‘Abstract Nouns of Psychological Feelings in Hausa’ (SUNAYE NA BADINI MASU MOTSA RAI NA HAUSA) is a review and analysis of this group of nouns with particular reference on their types and the degree or level of their feelings. The research also, reviewed on the features of this particular group of nouns in phonological process, morphological situation and syntactical analysis as individual words, their features in phrases, as well as their features in sentences. The work is divided into two major parts. The first part covering the third chapter of the work is titled ‘Noun Class’ it presented the word classes, the noun class and the various sub-groups of the noun class, including ‘Abstract Nouns’ and it represented the meaning of abstract nouns and their type...
Post a Comment
Read more

SIYASAR HARSUNA: KALUBALEN DA KE GABAN HAUSA DA AL’DUNTA

Abstract Language is a matter of common knowledge and medium of communication through which people express their ideas, emotions feelings and cultural values. This paper is going to discuss the British colonialists’ politics on the language and role they play for chosen of Roman Characters as a medium of writing and communication in the educational system in Northern Nigeria since the inception of colonization, instated to use Hausa or Arabic which are the northern official languages at that time.  However, it discussed the target and policy of colonialists about the issue and also, a verbal interview were conducted about Hausa Language, Literature and Culture on various students from different departments of Al-Qalam University, Katsina which made the paper to analyze and observe the effects of the colonial target on the conte mporary Northerners youth, especially Hausas. full paper
Post a Comment
Read more