13.3060, Qs: Masallachi, Summary Evaluation

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Subject: 13.3060, Qs: Masallachi, Summary Evaluation

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Date:  Tue, 19 Nov 2002 10:47:52 +0300
From:  "Dr. Gabor Korvin" <gabor at kfupm.edu.sa>
Subject:  masallachi

2)
Date:  Wed, 20 Nov 2002 10:01:51 +0100 (MET)
From:  Iraide Zipitria Leanizbarrutia <jibzilei at scsx03.sc.ehu.es>
Subject:  Summary Evaluation

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Date:  Tue, 19 Nov 2002 10:47:52 +0300
From:  "Dr. Gabor Korvin" <gabor at kfupm.edu.sa>
Subject:  masallachi

Dear Colleagues,

Anybody can help me with the following problem:

I am studying the Spread of Islam, and one of the techniques I use is
analysis of the Arabic loanwords in the languages of people who came
in contact with Islam. It has come to my attention that while in most
languages of the world the word "mosque" is derived from the Arabic
masjid ( from s j d prostrate; masjid place for prostration); in the
Hausa and some other African languages "mosque" is called masallachi
which comes from the Arabic root S l u ( to pray). In present-day
Arabic usage masalla means an unofficial, small, temporary praying
place, like a room allocated for prayer at a University.  My question
is: could any of you please give me references on when and why and how
"masallachi" came to the Hausa language instead of a loanword derived
from masjid?

Many thanks and best regards

Dr Gabor Korvin

Mail Box 1157
King Fahd University
Dhahran 31261
Saudi Arabia

email: gabor at kfupm.edu.sa


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Date:  Wed, 20 Nov 2002 10:01:51 +0100 (MET)
From:  Iraide Zipitria Leanizbarrutia <jibzilei at scsx03.sc.ehu.es>
Subject:  Summary Evaluation

Hi,

I am PhD student interested in discourse analysis and more
specifically in summary evaluation. I have already done some reading
on the topic -W.  Kintsch & T. Van Dijk(1978,1978) and Carol A
Sherrard(1985, 1989)- but I would like to know if there is some more
research in this area.

Thanks a lot.


Iraide.

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