Elements of Modern Igbo Grammar
Author | : E. Nọlue Emenanjọ |
Publisher | : University Press, Nigeria |
Total Pages | : 270 |
Release | : 1978 |
Genre | : Foreign Language Study |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : E. Nọlue Emenanjọ |
Publisher | : University Press, Nigeria |
Total Pages | : 270 |
Release | : 1978 |
Genre | : Foreign Language Study |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Emenanjo, E. Nolue |
Publisher | : M & J Grand Orbit Communications |
Total Pages | : 676 |
Release | : 2016-02-22 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 9785412733 |
In twenty-five chapters this book covers phonology, morphology, syntax and semantics. The chapters are organized in four discrete parts: phonology, morphology, syntax and semantics. They are uneven in terms of scope covered, length, the density of their contents and their degrees of difficulty. Each chapter ends with ‘Some References’ relevant to both the topic(s) treated in the chapter, in Igbo linguistics, and in general linguistics.
Author | : Emmanuel Nolue Emenanjọ |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 234 |
Release | : 1987 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Patricia L. Carrell |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2011-04-14 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 9780521155144 |
Originally published in 1970, this is a descriptive linguistic analysis of the grammar of modern Igbo. The analysis, based primarily on material gathered from two native speakers, one from Owerri Province and the other from Umuahia Province, is presented in the framework of the transformational model developed by Noam Chomsky. The grammar is a practical attempt to apply some of the advances in theoretical linguistics to a little-known language. There is no other grammar of Igbo in existence which presents a comprehensive descriptive analysis of the underlying and surface systems of the syntax and phonology of the language. The book will be useful for linguists as an example of the application of the transformational model to an exotic language. It will be of interest to specialists in African studies for the insights gained and the data presented from an important African language.
Author | : kasahorow |
Publisher | : CreateSpace |
Total Pages | : 24 |
Release | : 2015-07-01 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781499166866 |
Learn simple Igbo for getting around and making friends. Modern Igbo is a concise, portable and easy-to-grasp reference to the Igbo language. This kasahorow language guide includes a basic grammar of Igbo for readers and writers. Written in Modern Igbo. Modern Igbo is a simplified spelling system used to write all the varieties of spoken Igbo. Subscribe to the online magazine "Igbo kasahorow" to read Modern Igbo.
Author | : Chinwe Onumajuru |
Publisher | : African Books Collective |
Total Pages | : 166 |
Release | : 2015-12-29 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 9785421546 |
This study focusses on affixation and auxiliaries in Igbo, drawing on data mainly from Onicha (Onitsha) Igbo. It identifies prefixes, suffixes, interfixes, circumfixes, super/suprafixes, extensional suffixes and auxiliaries in the variety of Igbo studied. The work is presented in two sections: Section 1 discusses affixation, while Section 2 is focused on auxiliary verbs. Section 1 contains five chapters. Chapter 1 is a general introduction that provides some background information regarding O? ni?cha [make sure this word is correct i.e. represented in the spelling of the language, and not just Onicha] Igbo and the speakers of the lect. Chapter 2 an overview of affixation as an important word formation process in world languages. Chapter 3 is the morpho-syntactic analysis of inflectional affixes. Chapter 4 discusses the morphosyntactic characteristics of derivational affixes, while Chapter 5 is concerned with the morpho-syntactic as well as the semantic charateristics of verbal extensions in Igbo. Section 2 is a sole chapter which discusses in a systematic manner the different types of auxiliary verbs, their uses and the effect of their co-occurrence with perfective verb forms.
Author | : kasahorow |
Publisher | : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform |
Total Pages | : 30 |
Release | : 2016-10-27 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781539781240 |
Learn Igbo faster. Acquire simple Igbo language grammar skills in less than 1 hour. Concise Igbo is a very short, portable and easy-to-understand reference of the Igbo language. This kasahorow language guide includes a basic grammar of Igbo for readers and writers. All the Igbo words you need to understand the lesson have been translated at the beginning of the book. Written in Modern Igbo. Modern Igbo is a simplified spelling system used to write all the varieties of spoken Igbo. Search online for 'Igbo kasahorow' to read more Modern Igbo.
Author | : Ndimele, Ozo-mekuri |
Publisher | : M & J Grand Orbit Communications |
Total Pages | : 582 |
Release | : 2016-07-25 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 9785412784 |
The book is devoted to Professor Ọladele Awobuluyi of Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko, Nigeria. It contains forty (40) well-researched papers selected through a rigorous assessment process out of the many submitted for consideration. The papers are grouped into four sections: Language and Society; Formal Linguistics; Applied Linguistics; Pragmatics, Language Acquisition & Lexicography. We hope readers will find these papers useful in their continuous quest for invaluable knowledge in African linguistics.
Author | : Ejeba, Salem Ochala |
Publisher | : M & J Grand Orbit Communications |
Total Pages | : 268 |
Release | : 2017-01-17 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 9785431185 |
The book establishes 28 phonemic consonants and 7 vowels, as well as lexical and grammatical tones in Igala. It shows the canonical syllable types as V and CV with no complexity, and relates resyllabification to the retiming of segments as tone bearing units and the duration of their mora. The work discusses nine word classes, as well as ideophones and clitics in Igala. There are splitting verbs of various structures and fully-fledged pronouns with morphologically toneless clitic counterparts that are toned in their syntactic context, among other elements of the Igala morphology. The work establishes clitics as generally bearing the grammatical tones of various categories as a result of their morphological tonelessness and their availability for post-lexical tone assignment. It also accounts for the generally complex interaction of clitics and tones in the organisation of the morphosyntax and the tone-syntax interface. Igala has both verbal and nominal extensional affixes with various semantic features. Some interesting discussions in the Igala syntax include the structural and functional types of serial verb constructions, the detransitivizing process of verb movement in object demoting structures, coreferentiality in relativised constituents and the future/non-future temporal distinction. Complementary binominals are conjoined with a specified binominal morpheme, and their rigidly irreversible structures have implications in the Igala semantics. The binominals demonstrate a grammatically specified pattern defined over a conceptual space, showing the network among conceptual categories, such as kinship, marital, social, hunter-hunted, more-less and cause-effect relationships as reflected in the Igala grammar.
Author | : Norbert Cyffer |
Publisher | : John Benjamins Publishing |
Total Pages | : 378 |
Release | : 2009 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 9027206686 |
This volume deals with issues on negation patterns in languages of West Africa and the adjacent north and east. The first aim is to provide data on various aspects of negation in African languages. Although the topics addressed here reflect a great diversity of negation patterns, the following typological features have been identified to be prominent in our region: conflict or even incompatibility between negation and focus, use of other indirect means of negating non-indicative mood (covered under the term Prohibitive ), different negation patterns in different Tense-Aspect-Moods (e.g. Imperfective vs. Perfective), lack of negative indefinites, and disjunctive negative marking (often referred to as double negation ). The articles presented here show that areal factors have played a significant role in the development of negation strategies in the languages of West Africa and beyond. On the other hand genetic factors seem to be less prominent."