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Research paper thumbnail of A contrastive morphological analysis of tense formation in Igbo and Yoruba: implication on learners and teachers

UJAH: Unizik Journal of Arts and Humanities, 2018

This paper is a contrastive morphological study of tenses in the Igbo and Yoruba languages. It is... more This paper is a contrastive morphological study of tenses in the Igbo and Yoruba languages. It is limited to tenses only excluding aspects. It intends to aid speakers of the two languages in their effort to learn another’s language. This is considered vital since the two languages are among the major languages in Nigeria and people have become interested in learning them. Globalization has also necessitated the transfer of technological information into these languages, thus making this paper an invaluable one. Data for the two languages are collected from the primary and secondary sources in addition to the researchers’ intuitive knowledge of the languages. Data are analyzed using a contrastive analysis approach. Our findings show that there are differences in the processes of forming tenses in both languages. For instance, Igbo has indicative suffix –rV which may be deleted or optionally used with certain verbs in the present, and obligatorily used for verbs in the past, but in Yo...

Research paper thumbnail of The inland west clusters of Ikekeonwu’s Igbo dialects classification: A modification

Among the five clusters Ikekeonwu classified the Igbo dialects, is the Inland West Dialect Cluste... more Among the five clusters Ikekeonwu classified the Igbo dialects, is the Inland West Dialect Cluster, which covers the Igbo dialects spoken in Onitsha, Awka and Aguata areas. The classification seems not to properly position the Igbo speech varieties of mambala area, which have some linguistic traits that qualify them to be recognised as a main dialect of the Inland West Igbo Cluster. This paper seeks to position mambala speech varieties within the landscape of Igbo dialectology by modifying the Inland West Cluster. It uses linguistic criteria with focus on the similarities and differences in the phonemes, phonological patterning of words, phonological processes and secondary articulation features. It adopts minimal pair/set analysis and comparative analysis. From the result, mambala speech varieties are grouped as mambala Main Dialect of the Onitsha Inland West Igbo

Research paper thumbnail of A contrastive morphological analysis of tense formation in Igbo and Yoruba: implication on learners and teachers

UJAH: Unizik Journal of Arts and Humanities, 2018

This paper is a contrastive morphological study of tenses in the Igbo and Yoruba languages. It is... more This paper is a contrastive morphological study of tenses in the Igbo and Yoruba languages. It is limited to tenses only excluding aspects. It intends to aid speakers of the two languages in their effort to learn another’s language. This is considered vital since the two languages are among the major languages in Nigeria and people have become interested in learning them. Globalization has also necessitated the transfer of technological information into these languages, thus making this paper an invaluable one. Data for the two languages are collected from the primary and secondary sources in addition to the researchers’ intuitive knowledge of the languages. Data are analyzed using a contrastive analysis approach. Our findings show that there are differences in the processes of forming tenses in both languages. For instance, Igbo has indicative suffix –rV which may be deleted or optionally used with certain verbs in the present, and obligatorily used for verbs in the past, but in Yo...

Research paper thumbnail of Ethnicity and national integration in Nigeria: towards the use of indigenous language option for information dissemination at the grassroots

UJAH: Unizik Journal of Arts and Humanities, Nov 7, 2018

The linguistic complexity of Nigeria and the affinity of the indigenous languages to the diverse ... more The linguistic complexity of Nigeria and the affinity of the indigenous languages to the diverse ethnic nationalities have made the issue of national integration become very worrisome and seem unattainable in the country. The different ethnic nationalities have continued to live in mutual distrust of one another. Apart from the National Policy on Education, which recognises Igbo, Hausa and Yoruba as the majority languages and also encourages every child to learn one of them in addition to the child's mother tongue, government is yet to boldly come up with an official national language policy for Nigeria. In this paper, the use of indigenous languages to disseminate information to Nigerians, in addition to English, which is the country's official language, is considered another option towards solving the country's problem of national integration. The paper anchors on the Relevance theory. Earlier views of scholars are reviewed from where this paper veered. It is concluded with a suggestion that government policies and programmes should be translated into the indigenous languages and widely circulated for better awareness, understanding and participation/contribution of Nigerians to national issues. This would engender effective grassroots mobilisation for national integration and national development.

Research paper thumbnail of A contrastive morphological analysis of tense formation in Igbo and Yoruba: implication on learners and teachers

UJAH: Unizik Journal of Arts and Humanities, 2018

This paper is a contrastive morphological study of tenses in the Igbo and Yoruba languages. It is... more This paper is a contrastive morphological study of tenses in the Igbo and Yoruba languages. It is limited to tenses only excluding aspects. It intends to aid speakers of the two languages in their effort to learn another’s language. This is considered vital since the two languages are among the major languages in Nigeria and people have become interested in learning them. Globalization has also necessitated the transfer of technological information into these languages, thus making this paper an invaluable one. Data for the two languages are collected from the primary and secondary sources in addition to the researchers’ intuitive knowledge of the languages. Data are analyzed using a contrastive analysis approach. Our findings show that there are differences in the processes of forming tenses in both languages. For instance, Igbo has indicative suffix –rV which may be deleted or optionally used with certain verbs in the present, and obligatorily used for verbs in the past, but in Yo...

Research paper thumbnail of The inland west clusters of Ikekeonwu’s Igbo dialects classification: A modification

Among the five clusters Ikekeonwu classified the Igbo dialects, is the Inland West Dialect Cluste... more Among the five clusters Ikekeonwu classified the Igbo dialects, is the Inland West Dialect Cluster, which covers the Igbo dialects spoken in Onitsha, Awka and Aguata areas. The classification seems not to properly position the Igbo speech varieties of mambala area, which have some linguistic traits that qualify them to be recognised as a main dialect of the Inland West Igbo Cluster. This paper seeks to position mambala speech varieties within the landscape of Igbo dialectology by modifying the Inland West Cluster. It uses linguistic criteria with focus on the similarities and differences in the phonemes, phonological patterning of words, phonological processes and secondary articulation features. It adopts minimal pair/set analysis and comparative analysis. From the result, mambala speech varieties are grouped as mambala Main Dialect of the Onitsha Inland West Igbo

Research paper thumbnail of A contrastive morphological analysis of tense formation in Igbo and Yoruba: implication on learners and teachers

UJAH: Unizik Journal of Arts and Humanities, 2018

This paper is a contrastive morphological study of tenses in the Igbo and Yoruba languages. It is... more This paper is a contrastive morphological study of tenses in the Igbo and Yoruba languages. It is limited to tenses only excluding aspects. It intends to aid speakers of the two languages in their effort to learn another’s language. This is considered vital since the two languages are among the major languages in Nigeria and people have become interested in learning them. Globalization has also necessitated the transfer of technological information into these languages, thus making this paper an invaluable one. Data for the two languages are collected from the primary and secondary sources in addition to the researchers’ intuitive knowledge of the languages. Data are analyzed using a contrastive analysis approach. Our findings show that there are differences in the processes of forming tenses in both languages. For instance, Igbo has indicative suffix –rV which may be deleted or optionally used with certain verbs in the present, and obligatorily used for verbs in the past, but in Yo...

Research paper thumbnail of Ethnicity and national integration in Nigeria: towards the use of indigenous language option for information dissemination at the grassroots

UJAH: Unizik Journal of Arts and Humanities, Nov 7, 2018

The linguistic complexity of Nigeria and the affinity of the indigenous languages to the diverse ... more The linguistic complexity of Nigeria and the affinity of the indigenous languages to the diverse ethnic nationalities have made the issue of national integration become very worrisome and seem unattainable in the country. The different ethnic nationalities have continued to live in mutual distrust of one another. Apart from the National Policy on Education, which recognises Igbo, Hausa and Yoruba as the majority languages and also encourages every child to learn one of them in addition to the child's mother tongue, government is yet to boldly come up with an official national language policy for Nigeria. In this paper, the use of indigenous languages to disseminate information to Nigerians, in addition to English, which is the country's official language, is considered another option towards solving the country's problem of national integration. The paper anchors on the Relevance theory. Earlier views of scholars are reviewed from where this paper veered. It is concluded with a suggestion that government policies and programmes should be translated into the indigenous languages and widely circulated for better awareness, understanding and participation/contribution of Nigerians to national issues. This would engender effective grassroots mobilisation for national integration and national development.