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E-Voting 2022
contactus@yumsuk.edu.ng | +234 9045292260
E-Voting 2022
aygwarzo@yumsuk.edu.ng
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Yusuf Ahmed Gwarzo, PhD

Lecturer I

Research Interest

Conceptual Metaphor, Conceptual Metonymy, Chained Metonymies, Semantics, Cognitive Semantic, Hausa Literature and Transalation

Area of specialization

Cognitive Linguistics and Hausa Studies

Education

  • PhD.
  • MA.
  • BA.

Selected Publications

  1. Gwarzo, Y. A., Mansur, A. M. & Muhammad, S. A. (2021). Remaking Hausa Tales in Hausa Video Films. Madabo: Interdisciplinary Journal of the Faculty of Humanities. Vol. I. NO. I. (21-28).

  2. Gwarzo, Y. A. & Muhammad, S. A. (2020). Jigo a Rubutaccen Wasan Kwaikwayo na Hausa: Nazari a Kan Littafin Surukan Zamani na Amina Akilu Aliyu. Al-Qalam Journal of Arabic, English & Linguistics Vol. V. (313-327).

  3. Gwarzo, Y. A. (2020). A Cognitive Analysis of Chained Metonymies in Hausa Proper Nouns. Algaita: Journal of current Ha u as a Studies, (special edition) Vol.24, No.2. (17).

  4. Gwarzo, Y. A. (2020). Abstract Nouns as a Source of Chained Metonymies in Hausa. Bayero University Journal of Linguistics Vol. 7, No. 2. (68-80).

  5. Gwarzo, Y. A. (2019). Conceptualization of Body Parts Terms in Metaphor and Metonymy: A Cultural Perspective. Al-Qalam Journal of Arabic, English & Linguistics Vol. IV. (377-394).

  6. Gwarzo, Y. A. (2018). Formal Equivalence in Translation: A Case Study of English and Hausa Translated Works. Harsunan Nigeria (Journal of Nigerian Languages & Folklore) Vol. XXVIII, (144-151).

  7. Gwarzo, Y. A. (2017). Chained Metonymies of Concrete Nouns in Hausa. Bayero University Journal of Linguistics Vol. 4, No. 1. (54-67).

  8. Gwarzo, Y. A. (2015). A Study of Metaphorical Expressions of Body Part Term Kai ‘Head’ in the Hausa Language. Algaita: Journal of current Ha u as a Studies, (special edition) Vol. 1, No. 1. (501-516).