THE RESUMPTIVE PRONOUN IN HAUSA: A MINIMALIST APPROACH

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to examine resumptive pronouns in Hausa
with a view to establishing the Hausa strategy.This paper explains the
motivations for the resumptive strategy and its behaviour in the
language. It examines both the early and the current analysis of
resumptive pronouns in the literature with a view to positioning its
analysis.The paper further sketches the behaviour of the resumptive
pronouns in relativization, wh-movement, and topicalized
constructions. Relavization remains the most productive strategy in
Hausa and many other languages.