Tone in Igbo Syntax
| Author | : P. Akụjụọobi Nwachukwu |
| Publisher | : Igbo Language Assoc |
| Total Pages | : 82 |
| Release | : 1995 |
| Genre | : Foreign Language Study |
| ISBN | : |
Tone In Igbo Syntax
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The Syntax of Igbo Causatives
| Author | : Ndubuisi Anyanwu |
| Publisher | : African Books Collective |
| Total Pages | : 189 |
| Release | : 2016-12-14 |
| Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
| ISBN | : 978543110X |
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 examines causatives in Igbo within the minimalist program. It identifies three types of causative: analytical, morphological and lexical. The book is divided into five chapters. Chapter 1 is the general introduction, while Chapter 2 examines in some details the theory of causativity. Chapters 3, 4 and 5 focus on the analytical, morphological and lexical causative respectively.
Tone in Lexical Phonology
| Author | : Douglas Pulleyblank |
| Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
| Total Pages | : 261 |
| Release | : 2012-12-06 |
| Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
| ISBN | : 9400945507 |
This book is a revised version of my Ph.D. dissertation that was submitted to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1983. Although much of the analysis and argumentation of the dissertation has survived rewriting, the organization has been considerably changed. To Paul Kiparsky and Morris Halle, lowe a major debt. Not only has it been a great privilege to work on phonology with both of them, but it is hard to imagine what this piece of research would have looked like without them. (They, of course, may well imagine a number of appropriate ways in which the work could be different had I not been involved .... ) In addition, special thanks are due to Ken Hale, the third member of my thesis committee. Our discussions of a variety of topics (including tone) helped me to keep a broader outlook on language than might have otherwise been the result of concentrating on a thesis topic.
The Tonal System of Igbo
| Author | : Mary M. Clark |
| Publisher | : Walter de Gruyter |
| Total Pages | : 337 |
| Release | : 2011-09-20 |
| Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
| ISBN | : 3110869098 |
A Grammar of Contemporary Igbo
| 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.
Intonation in African Tone Languages
| Author | : Laura J. Downing |
| Publisher | : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG |
| Total Pages | : 451 |
| Release | : 2016-11-07 |
| Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
| ISBN | : 311049907X |
This volume brings together two under-investigated areas of intonation typology. While tone languages make up to 70 percent of the world’s languages, only few have been explored for intonation. And even though one third of the world’s languages are spoken in Africa, and most sub-Saharan languages are tone languages, recent collections on tone and intonation typology have almost entirely ignored African languages. This book aims to fill this gap.
Functional Categories in Igbo
| Author | : Obiamalu, Greg Orji |
| Publisher | : M & J Grand Orbit Communications |
| Total Pages | : 167 |
| Release | : 2016-02-22 |
| Genre | : Foreign Language Study |
| ISBN | : 9783352717 |
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.
The Oxford Handbook of African Languages
| Author | : Rainer Vossen |
| Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
| Total Pages | : 1104 |
| Release | : 2020 |
| Genre | : Foreign Language Study |
| ISBN | : 0199609896 |
Une source inconnue indique : "This book provides a comprehensive overview of current research in African languages, drawing on insights from anthropological linguistics, typology, historical and comparative linguistics, and sociolinguistics. It covers a wide range of topics, from grammatical sketches of individual languages to sociocultural and extralinguistic issues."
Tone
| Author | : Moira Yip |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 377 |
| Release | : 2002-08-15 |
| Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
| ISBN | : 1139433423 |
The sounds of language can be divided into consonants, vowels, and tones - the use of pitch to convey word meaning. Seventy percent of the world's languages use pitch in this way. Assuming little or no prior knowledge of the topic, this textbook provides a clearly organized introduction to tone and tonal phonology. Comprehensive in scope, it examines the main types of tonal systems found in Africa, the Americas, and Asia, using examples from the widest possible range of tone languages. It provides students with a basic grasp of the simple phonetics of tone, and covers key topics such as the distinctive feature systems suitable for tonal contrasts, allophonic and morphophonological tonal alterations, and how to analyze them within Optimality Theory. The book also examines the perception and acquisition of tone, as well as the interface between tonal phonology and the morphosyntax.
Igbo Language Development
| Author | : Clara Ikekeonwu |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 116 |
| Release | : 2005 |
| Genre | : Igbo language |
| ISBN | : |
