Semantic Concepts of Hausa Language: An Analytical and Descriptive Study at the Level of Words

Abstract

The paper dealt with the problem of semantic concepts in the Hausa language, describing and analyzing some of its terms, and how to conceive them in the multiplicity of meaning, metaphor and semantic taboos. It also aimed to know the semantic characteristics of Hausa language that are rarely found together in another language, seeking to increase the ability to interpret meaning, to determine the level of the exact correctness of translation from and to Hausa language, understanding the ways of thinking of its people in generating meanings, and the effect of that on social life. The paper reviewed the definition of the concept, the perception, the connotation and the meaning, then explained the means of obtaining the meaning in the Hausa language, and some words were used as examples, The paper reached into some conclusions, including that the study of semantic concepts helps in determining the second meaning, and developing new terms and the historical study of language, There are terms borrowed by Hausa language as a result of concept contrast and their connotations are included in other terms.

Keywords

• Second meaning
• Linguistic perception
• Generation of meanings
• Semantic concept
• Semantic taboos