Dom w opozycji do buszu i świata. Perspektywa kulturowa pojęcia gida w języku hausa
HOME in opposition to THE BUSH and THE WORLD. The cultural aspect of gida in Hausa

Summary/Abstract: The article aims to reconstruct the cultural content of the word gida in the African language of Hausa. The word, similarly to the Polish dom, means ‘dwelling place’ and, in the social context, ‘family, household’. An analysis of linguistic (grammatical, lexical, phraseological) data reveals changes in the conceptualization of home under the influence of the changing conditions of living and experience of the surrounding world.The adoption of Islam has not radically influenced the concept of home as a safe haven, reserved for the family. However, home began to be viewed as a stronghold separating the family from the rest of the world. The boundaries of home as one’s own, familiar and close place, associated with the closest relatives, may also be understood in Hausa in a wider sense: as one’s country, homeland and community unrelated by blood. This new understanding of home has emerged only in the current new historical conditions, especially in the media.

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