A STUDY OF GHANAIAN HAUSA PERSONAL NAMES

<p>This study attempts at undertaking a comprehensive of personal names among Ghanaian Hausa. It particularly looks the socio-pragmatic usage Hausa names. This paper argues that give to their children by considering social, cultural, and religious philosophy speech community. The behind these naming practices goes long way help in peculiar identity This, very large extent, hints there is link between as far particular, Africans general are concerned. study, using interview, observation researcher’s introspection data collection method Linguistic Relativity theoretical framework, reveals three categories used These Judeo-Islamo-Christian names, Arabic origin traditional names.</p><p> </p><p><strong> Article visualizations:</strong></p><p><img src="/-counters-/soc/0077/a.php" alt="Hit counter" /></p>