title: Dialect Usage as a Means of Identity in Hausa Film Discourse
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metadata.value: Chamo, Isa Y.
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metadata.name: dc.date.accessioned
metadata.value: 2019-11-26T18:54:57Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.available
metadata.value: 2019-11-26T18:54:57Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.issued
metadata.value: 2019-09
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metadata.name: dc.identifier.citation
metadata.value: Chamo I. Y. Dialect Usage as a Means of Identity in Hausa Film Discourse. Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. Asian and African Studies, 2019, vol. 11, issue 3, pp. 362–370.
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metadata.value: https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu13.2019.308
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metadata.name: dc.identifier.uri
metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/16665
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metadata.name: dc.description.abstract
metadata.value: This paper analyzes the aspect of language and identity in Hausa films. Language is often seen
  as a symbol of ethnic, national or regional identity. A dialect is a variety of a language that differs
  from others in terms of vocabulary, grammar and pronunciation as they are forms of the
  same language. In most cases dialects are mutually intelligible. The use of a particular dialect
  by a speaker reveals his or her identity in terms of the speaker’s geographical location or social
  status. The paper studies the use of dialect in Hausa film discourse. It focuses on characters’
  ways of communication in the Hausa films which reveal their identity. An ethnography research
  method is used to collect data and the social identity theory to analyze them. The paper
  identified four Hausa dialects used by the film characters to communicate and show their
  identity. These include Katsinanci, Sakkwatanci, Zazzaganci and Kananci. Also the result of the
  analysis shows that some film characters unconsciously use their dialect instead of Standard
  Hausa; which is the main variety normally used in film discourse. It also reveals that characters
  in Hausa films normally use their dialects when they are in emotional situations such as anger,
  disappointment or romance. In addition, the paper shows that some Hausa film characters do
  not conform to written scripts because of their low academic qualifications and old age.
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.language.iso
metadata.value: en
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.relation.ispartofseries
metadata.value: Vestnik of St Petersburg University. Asian and African Studies;Volume 11; Issue 3
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: language
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: identity
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: dialect
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Hausa films
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: Dialect Usage as a Means of Identity in Hausa Film Discourse
metadata.lang: en_GB
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metadata.value: Article
metadata.lang: en_GB
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