GB 0102 PP MS 73 - Arnott, David Whitehorn

9 boxes

Former references include MS 380362 and MS 380416.
GB 0102 PP MS 73 1950s-1980s Collection (fonds) 9 boxes Arnott , David Whitehorn , fl 1955-2000 , linguist

D W Arnott was Professor at the School of Oriental and African Studies. Publications include: The nominal and verbal systems of Fula (1970); supplementary bibliography in Diedrich Hermann Westermann and Margaret Arminel Bryan's The languages of West Africa (1970).

Former references include MS 380362 and MS 380416.

Various deposits, presented by D W Arnott between 1982 and 1995.

Papers, 1950s-1980s, of Professor David W Arnott on West African languages, comprising papers, including notes and questionnaires, from his study leave (1955-1956) spent travelling from Nigeria through Niger, Dahomey (Benin), Upper Volta (Burkina Faso), French Sudan (Mali), Senegal and Gambia to Guinea and Sierra Leone; copies (photocopied and photographic) of manuscripts; translations and transcriptions; transcriptions of language recordings; seminar and conference papers; teaching material; offprints of articles by Arnott; typescripts or corrected proofs of articles; and reviews of books by other authors. The papers relate largely to Nigeria but also to Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Gambia, Guinea, Mali, Niger and Senegal, relating mainly to Fulfulde, Fula and Fulani (language of the Fulani people of West Africa), and also to Tiv and to Hausa poetry and songs. The subjects include literature, including poetry (religious and non-religious), oral literature and folklore, proverbial lore, Islamic influences on African literary cultures, grammar, including morphology, verbal and nominal systems, nouns, vocabulary, and the distribution of dialects.

As received.

Unrestricted.

No publication without written permission. Apply to archivist in the first instance.
English, French, Fulfulde, Fula, Fulani, Tiv, Hausa. Some manuscripts are in Arabic script.

Box lists by the depositor.

The School of Oriental and African Studies also holds a typescript Fulfulde-English dictionary by F W de St Croix, based on the central Nigerian dialect of Fulfulde (Fula, Fulani), also deposited by Arnott; and miscellaneous letters and notes of Arnott among the papers of Malcolm Guthrie (Ref: PP MS 27) and Frederick Wiliam Parsons (Ref: PP MS 50). The Africa Department of SOAS holds sound recordings on African languages deposited by Arnott.

Compiled by Rachel Kemsley as part of the RSLP AIM25 project. Source: British Library OPAC. Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997. Apr 2002 Africa African languages African literature Ancient religions Arnott , David Whitehorn , fl 1955-2000 , linguist Benin Book reviews Books Burkina Faso Cameroon Central Africa Colloquial language Conference papers Cultural heritage Dahomey Dialects Documents Field work Folk literature Folklore Gambia Grammar Guinea Information sources Intangible cultural heritage Islam Languages Lexicography Linguistics Linguists Literary criticism Literary forms and genres Literature Mali Morphology (linguistics) Music National literatures Niger Nigeria Oral tradition Poetry Proverbs Publications Questionnaires Religions Research methods Research work Senegal Sierra Leone Social scientists Spoken language Translations Upper Volta Vocabularies Vocal music West Africa Communications media Information sciences Performing arts

Various deposits, presented by D W Arnott between 1982 and 1995.

Papers, 1950s-1980s, of Professor David W Arnott on West African languages, comprising papers, including notes and questionnaires, from his study leave (1955-1956) spent travelling from Nigeria through Niger, Dahomey (Benin), Upper Volta (Burkina Faso), French Sudan (Mali), Senegal and Gambia to Guinea and Sierra Leone; copies (photocopied and photographic) of manuscripts; translations and transcriptions; transcriptions of language recordings; seminar and conference papers; teaching material; offprints of articles by Arnott; typescripts or corrected proofs of articles; and reviews of books by other authors. The papers relate largely to Nigeria but also to Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Gambia, Guinea, Mali, Niger and Senegal, relating mainly to Fulfulde, Fula and Fulani (language of the Fulani people of West Africa), and also to Tiv and to Hausa poetry and songs. The subjects include literature, including poetry (religious and non-religious), oral literature and folklore, proverbial lore, Islamic influences on African literary cultures, grammar, including morphology, verbal and nominal systems, nouns, vocabulary, and the distribution of dialects.

As received.

Unrestricted.

No publication without written permission. Apply to archivist in the first instance.

• English

• Latin

English, French, Fulfulde, Fula, Fulani, Tiv, Hausa. Some manuscripts are in Arabic script.

The School of Oriental and African Studies also holds a typescript Fulfulde-English dictionary by F W de St Croix, based on the central Nigerian dialect of Fulfulde (Fula, Fulani), also deposited by Arnott; and miscellaneous letters and notes of Arnott among the papers of Malcolm Guthrie (Ref: PP MS 27) and Frederick Wiliam Parsons (Ref: PP MS 50). The Africa Department of SOAS holds sound recordings on African languages deposited by Arnott.

Box lists by the depositor.

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

• English