David Whitehorn Arnott Explained

David Whitehorn Arnott
Birth Date:	23 June 1915
Birth Place:	London, England
Death Place:	Bedale, North Yorkshire, England
Thesis Title:	The Tense System in Gombe Fula
Thesis Url:	https://eprints.soas.ac.uk/29384/
Thesis Year:	1960
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Spouse:	Kathleen Arnott (nee Coulson)
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David Whitehorn Arnott (23 June 1915 – 10 March 2004) was a British linguist who was Professor of West African Languages at School of Oriental and African Studies. He is known for his works on Fulani and Tiv.^{[1] [2]}

Works

His works are the following:

• Dictionnary of verb roots in Fulfulde dialects
• Fula language studies : present position and future prospects
• The languages of West Africa
• The nominal and verbal system of Fula
• The parent and the teacher: a grammatical analysis of a Fula text
• Particles in Fula : their behaviour and meanings
• Proverbial lore and word-play of the Fulani

See also

• Kathleen Arnott

Notes and References

1. Web site: Remembering Hausa teaching and research at SOAS . SOAS Blog . 9 July 2020.
2. Web site: Professor D. W. Arnott . The Independent . en . 10 October 2011.