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Author | : Oladiipo Ajiboye |
Publisher | : African Books Collective |
Total Pages | : 285 |
Release | : 2016-12-14 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 9785420892 |
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The Landmarks Series is a research and publications outfit funded by the Landmarks Research Foundation to publish recent outstanding doctoral dissertations on any aspect of Nigerian linguistics, languages, literatures and cultures. This study is a departer from most previous work on Yoruba Grammar in the sense that rather than being purely a descriptive grammar; it attempts to provide a theoretical analysis of the internal and external syntax of Yoruba nominal expressions using the Chomskyan Principles and Parameters approach to syntax. This Generative theory attempts to characterize the grammar of all natural languages in terms of a set of universal principles that all languages share, and a set of parameters along which languages may vary. The book emphasizes the empirical motivation behind major theoretical proposals in that framework, and shows how views on the nature of universal grammar and cross-linguistic variation have developed over the years as a consequence of a massive increase in cross-linguistic syntactic research.
Author | : Ọládiípọ̀ Jacob Ajíbóyè |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 244 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : Yoruba language |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Obiamalu, Greg Orji |
Publisher | : M & J Grand Orbit Communications |
Total Pages | : 167 |
Release | : 2016-02-22 |
Genre | : Foreign Language Study |
ISBN | : 9783352717 |
Download Functional Categories in Igbo Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This study discusses functional categories in Igbo within Noam Chomsky’s Minimalist Program (MP). Chapter 1 includes the introduction of the concept of functional categories and why they take central place in the study of syntax, as well as an overview of the Minimalist Program (MP). Chapter 2 discusses some historical antecedents to MP. It further discusses the economy principles of the MP as well as the place of functional categories within the overall conceptions of the MP model. Chapter 3 discusses five functional categories: Agreement, Tense, Aspect, Negation and Determiner. In chapter 4, the Igbo functional categories within the verbal domain: Tense, Aspect and Negation are discussed. Chapter 5 is an application of the theoretical issues raised in Chapter 2 to the analysis of the functional categories discussed in Chapter 3. One interesting issue discussed in Chapter 5 is the role of tone in realising some of the functional categories in Igbo. Chapter 6 discusses the functional categories within the nominal domain with much emphasis on the determiner. A revised version of the author’s doctoral thesis, some of the conclusions are revolutionary, relevant to debates in the linguistic theory and in Igbo studies in particular, as well as serving as an introduction to MP.
Author | : Guglielmo Cinque |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 471 |
Release | : 2014-02-04 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 1317691237 |
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In this book, Cinque takes a generative perspective on typological questions relating to word order and to the syntax of relative clauses. In particular, Cinque looks at: the position of the Head vis à vis the relative clause in relation to the position of the verb vis à vis his object; a general cross-linguistic analysis of correlatives; the need to distinguish a sentence-grammar, from a discourse-grammar, type of non-restrictives (with languages differing as to whether they possess both, one, the other, or neither); a selective type of extraction from relative clauses; and a tentative sketch of a more ample work in progress on a unified analysis of externally headed, internally headed, and headless relative clauses.
Author | : Olapade Ajeigbe |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 522 |
Release | : 1977 |
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ISBN | : |
Download A Syntactic and Semantic Study of Nominalization in Yorùbá Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Author | : Enoch O. Aboh |
Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages | : 246 |
Release | : 2009-11-27 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 9048131898 |
Download Topics in Kwa Syntax Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This book grew out of a concern we have had that very many theoretical and descriptive work on the Kwa languages were not accessible to the general linguistic community. As a result, these languages were only referred to in the context of very specific discussions such as serial verb constructions. But as the reader of this book will notice, syntactic topics discussed in the context of Kwa range from bare nouns, relative clauses, negation, discourse markers and the interaction with the clausal periphery, to argument structure. Many issues remain that need to be brought to the fore of the community and we hope that this book will trigger the curiosity of the reader to get to know more about these languages. Much of the work presented here could not have been possible without the help of many colleagues and the contri- tors whom we thank warmly for joining this enterprise. We are also grateful to the editors of the series, Marcel den Dikken, Joan Maling, Liliane Haegeman to have offered us this platform to initiate the debate about Kwa. We will also like to thank Helen van der Stelt and Jolanda Voogd from Springer for their kind collaboration and patience. We are also very grateful to Joscelyn Essegbey and Leston Buell for helping with editing the manuscript. Enoch, O. Aboh James Essegbey v Contents 1 The Phonology Syntax Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Enoch, O. Aboh and James Essegbey 2 The Morphosyntax of the Noun Phrase . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Enoch, O.
Author | : Ayọ Bamgbose |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 190 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : Computers |
ISBN | : 0521073650 |
Download A Grammar of Yoruba Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
A descriptive grammar of Yoruba, a major West African language spoken by over twelve million people, first published in 1966.
Author | : Oluseye Adesola |
Publisher | : Cambridge Scholars Publishing |
Total Pages | : 488 |
Release | : 2018-10-09 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 1527518450 |
Download Data-Rich Linguistics Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This collection was compiled by an international group of scholars in recognition of Professor Yiwola Awoyale’s contributions to African language and linguistic studies. Based at University of Pennsylvania, Professor Awoyale is particularly celebrated as a great field linguist, who pays special attention to data and data documentation. This edited volume presents current research on topics concerning the syntax, semantics, phonology, applied- and socio-linguistics of African languages, providing a state-of-the-art account of contemporary issues in African linguistics today.
Author | : James Oládùntóyè Yíwolá Awoyalé |
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Release | : 1900 |
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Download Studies in the Syntax and Semantics of Yoruba Nominalizations Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Author | : Samuel Crowther |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 72 |
Release | : 1852 |
Genre | : Yoruba language |
ISBN | : |
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