Browsing by Author "Tella Samson Adekunle"

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    Ọ̀RỌ̀-ÌṢE ÌYÍSÓDÌ “SÍ” LÉDÈ YORÙBÁ
    (YORÙBÁ: Journal of Yorùbá Studies Association of Nigeria, 2024) Tella Samson Adekunle
    Àsamọ̀ Oríṣìíríṣìí ọ̀rọ̀-ìṣe ló wà ní èdè Yorùbá. Àbùdá ibi ijẹyọ àti ìtumọ̀ wọn sì wà lọ́wọ́ sàkáání tí wón ti jẹ yọ. Ọ̀rọ̀-ìṣe sí àti wà pàápàá sì wà lára àwọn ọ̀rọ̀ ìṣe wọ̀nyí. Àwón onímọ̀ kan pè wọ́n ní ọ̀rọ̀- ìṣe àfarahẹ, nígbà tí àwọn kan pè wọ́n ní ọ̀rọ̀ ìṣe asolùwà-dàbọ̀ (symmetrical verb). Nínú ìwádìí wa, ọ̀rọ̀-ìṣe ẹlẹ́dà ìyísódì ni sí jẹ́. Ìdí ni pé, nínú gbólóhùn ìyísódì nìkan ni sí ti máa ń jẹ jọ. Lójú tiwa, àwọn ọ̀rọ̀-ìṣe tí wọn máa ń sonígbọ̀wọ́ ara wọn ni sí yìí àti wà tí ó jẹ́ òdì rẹ̀ nínú gbólóhùn ìjọ́hẹn. Nì ọ̀pọ̀lọpọ̀ ìgbà, ibi tí ọ̀kan bá ti jẹ yọ, èkejì kì í sábà jé yọ. Àbùdá ìjẹyọ wọn yìí ṣe pẹ̀kí pẹ̀lú ọ̀rọ̀ àwọn Yorùbá pé, ọwọ́ ọmọdé ò tó pẹpẹ, tàgbàlagbà ò wọ kèǹgbè. Àmọ́ sá, àwọn sàkáání kan wà tí wà kì í sábà rí bẹ́ẹ̀. Ìdí abájọ níí ṣe pẹ̀lú àbùdá àkànlò tí a ṣàkíyèsí ní àwọn sàkáání tí ìwọ̀núbọ̀nú yìí ti wáyé. Kókó ọ̀rọ̀: Ọ̀rọ̀-ìṣe, Ọ̀rọ̀-ìṣe àfarahẹ, Ọ̀rọ̀-ìṣe asolùwà-dààbọ̀, Ìyísódì, Àmúlùmọ́là èdè.
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    PROSODIC ANALYSIS OF NOUN CLASS MARKERS IN THE SYNTAX OF BÀTỌ̀NU LANGUAGE
    (International Journal of Literature, Language and Linguistics, 2024) Isaiah Adebola; Tella Samson Adekunle
    The grammatical derivation of languages varies, leading to language specificity. In particular, languages with noun classes have unique methods of realizing them through prefixing and sometimes suffixing, such as in the Bàtọ̀nu language. This study focuses on the interface between syntax and phonology in the grammatical realization of the noun class system in the Bàtọ̀nu language, spoken in the Baruteen Local Government Area of Kwara State in Nigeria. Interviews were conducted to gather data, supplemented by secondary sources. Theoretical principles from Government and Binding Theory (GB) and Autosegmental Phonology were used to represent sentence structure and the tonal analysis of the data. Previous research established that the language has seven noun class markers (NCM). We found that phonological features, such as labialization, nasalization, and tone, can influence and determine the grammatical functions of class markers in languages that attest to them. In the case of Bàtọ́nu NCM, the tone is the determining factor. We assume that the class markers are unmarked at the underlying representation (UR), and when a floating high tone (HT) is assigned to the NCM underlyingly, they function as class markers. When a floating mid-tone (MT) is assigned, they become relative clause marker variants, and when in contact with the HT focus morpheme -á in focus constructions in the language, they function as focus marker variants.
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    Standard Yorùbá Morphological Patterns as Variation Markers of the Nigerian Pidgin English
    (Yoruba: Journal of the Yoruba Studies Association of Nigeria Onibọnoje Press,, 2022) Oloso Yeseera O; Tella Samson Adekunle
    The Nigerian Pidgin English (NPE) is a contact language that has the English Language as its superstrate and Nigerian Languages as its substrates. With the former contributing the bulk of its lexicon, this paper seeks to show the influence that the grammar of Nigerian languages, in this case, the Yorùbá Language, has on the structure of the NPE to the extent that the meaning of Yorùbá words have a greater reflection on the compounding patterns of the NPE than that of the English Language. The grammatical influence of the Yorùbá Language on the NPE equally makes it possible for a morphological pattern such as reduplication that is non-existent in the English Language but which exits in the Yorùbá Language, to feature prominently in the grammar of the NPE. Being a descriptive work, this paper seeks to shed light on the points of convergence between the operations of these morphological patterns in the NPE and the Yorùbá Language and the points of divergence between them and the English Language. The paper concludes that the similarity of grammatical structures of the NPE and the Yorùbá Language contributes to its easy acquisition by Yorùbá people in particular and Nigerians in general, when compared with their acquisition of the English Language.