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    Agbeyewo Akoonu Awon Tiori Fonoloji ni Ede Yoruba
    (2022-06) Rabiu, Ridwan Akinkunmi; Balogun, Nasrudeen Akanbi
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    The Syntactic Position of Negative Markers in Idoma and Tiv: A Deviation from Language Universal Validity
    (Journal of Universal Language, 2019-03-11) Issa Olarongbe Sanusi & Lydia Damilola Oyewole
    Syntacticians and typologists have carried out a cross-linguistic study of the syntactic position of the negative marker with respect to the verb in a given sentence (Greenberg 1966 and Dryer 1988). The objective of this study is to carry out a comparative study of the negative marking strategies in both Idoma and Tiv languages, spoken in Benue State, Nigeria. Given the fact that the two languages belong to the same genetic family (Benue-Congo) and share the same basic word order (subject, S; object, O; verb ,V); the study is intended to find out the extent to which the negative marking strategies in the two languages conform to the assumption under language universals. The assumption is that there is an overall tendency for the negative marker to precede the main verb in SVO languages. That is, a location between the subject and the verb. Since none of the two writers speaks any of the two languages, data were collected through interview method. And the frame technique method was adopted in presenting structured grammatical sentences in English to native speakers of the two languages to translate to both Idoma and Tiv. The Principles and Parameters approach was employed for our analysis in this study. Our findings revealed that what obtains in both Idoma and Tiv negative constructions is contrary to the assumption under language universals. Instead of preceding the main verb, the negative markers occur at the sentence-final position, in each of the two languages. Notwithstanding the deviation from the language universal validity, we have discovered a high degree of similarities in the syntactic behaviour of negative markers in both Idoma and Tiv languages. Keywords: negative marker, syntactic position, language universal, Idoma, Tiv.
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    Aspects of Linguistic and Nonlinguistic Acculturation Patterns among the Nupe People of Jebba, Kwara State
    (Department of Linguistics and African Languages, Federal University, Lokoja, Lokoja, Nigeria, 2022-09) Balogun, Nasrudeen Akanbi; Oloso, Yeseera Omonike
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    An Optimality Analysis of Hausa Loanwords in Gwari Language: A Phono-Sociolinguistic Approach
    (Department of European Languages, Federal University, Birnin-Kebbi, 2022) Balogun, Nasrudeen Akanbi; Oloso, Yeseera Omonike
    Contact between languages often yields a different number of outcomes. The commonest of such outcomes is lexical borrowing - a language-universal phenomenon. This work examines how contact between speakers of the Hausa Language and the Gwari language has resulted into the incorporation of Hausa words into the Gwari lexicon. Gwari, a minority language of Northen Nigeria is a Nupoid language while Hausa is a Chadic language. As borrowing could be bi-directional, this paper seeks to look at borrowing of Hausa loan words into Gwari. The foci of this paper is twofold. One is to examine Hausa loanwords into the Gwari Language while the other is to analyse these borrowing using the framework provided by the Optimality Theory (OT). The aim is to show borrowing as one of the mechanisms that Gwari language
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    Tone Variation in Ekiti: A Case Study of Opin Variety
    (2016) Balogun, Nasrudeen Akanbi