Author: Akeem Segun Salawu
ISBN No: 978-1-920447-21-2
Cost: 160.00
The book primarily highlights the similarities and dissimilarities in the syntactic components of the Standard variety of Yorùbá and Òko-Ósànyèn languages. The two languages are spoken in Nigeria. It identifies the language universals and specifics in the various syntactic domains (relativization, topicalization, focusing, anti-focus, negation and pronoun system) of the two languages.
The book employs the method of oral interviews with the native speakers of the two languages. This is supported by Ìbàdàn 400-word list with a set of relevant self-generated questions. The data analysis was carried out within the modular generative grammar known as Principles and Parameters Theory as propounded by Chomsky.
The book demonstrates that the data from Òko-Ósànyèn provides some insights into the controversies on the functions of the Mid-Tone Syllable, variant forms of the formative: gbódò(must) and underlying representational form of the third person singular pronoun object in the Standard variety of Yorùbá. The inherent forms and function of all these features in the syntactic constructions of Òko-Ósànyèn point to their proto-status. The book concludes that the syntactic relatedness of the two languages point to a common ancestry.
ISBN No: 978-1-920447-21-2
Cost: 160.00
The book primarily highlights the similarities and dissimilarities in the syntactic components of the Standard variety of Yorùbá and Òko-Ósànyèn languages. The two languages are spoken in Nigeria. It identifies the language universals and specifics in the various syntactic domains (relativization, topicalization, focusing, anti-focus, negation and pronoun system) of the two languages.
The book employs the method of oral interviews with the native speakers of the two languages. This is supported by Ìbàdàn 400-word list with a set of relevant self-generated questions. The data analysis was carried out within the modular generative grammar known as Principles and Parameters Theory as propounded by Chomsky.
The book demonstrates that the data from Òko-Ósànyèn provides some insights into the controversies on the functions of the Mid-Tone Syllable, variant forms of the formative: gbódò(must) and underlying representational form of the third person singular pronoun object in the Standard variety of Yorùbá. The inherent forms and function of all these features in the syntactic constructions of Òko-Ósànyèn point to their proto-status. The book concludes that the syntactic relatedness of the two languages point to a common ancestry.
