Collocative meaning in the Igbo language

Okeke, Chukwuma Onyebuchi; Egbuta, Uchenna Modestus

doi:10.2989/16073614.2017.1394201

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“…She found that the Igbo language presents the LF wh-movement (in-situ) and also presents the syntactic wh-movement. Okeke (2012), in line with Uwalaka, also examined traces in the Igbo language especially those associated with wh-and NP-movements using the theoretical framework of Chomsky's Revised Extended Standard Theory (REST). Okeke observes that Igbo allows a proposed wh-phrase to co-occur with an overt complementiser (CP) inwh-direct questions.…”

Section: Mandarin Chinese English Translationsmentioning

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Exploring the subject, adjunct and Wh-island constraints in the usage of English in some selected Nigerian newspapers

Ambrose,

Igene

2022

Teach English as a Foreign Lang. J.

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This paper explores the subject, adjunct and Wh-island constraints in the usage of English in some selected Nigerian newspapers. The purpose is to know the extent to which these constraints have adapted to the Nigerian English. This study is based on the same code which is English language but of different varieties such as Nigerian English and English by the native speakers. This research is qualitative in nature, it is based on textual analysis, data were purposively sampled from the reportage columns in some selected Nigerian newspapers such as the interview columns. The theoretical framework used in this study is the Chomskyan Principles and Parameters theory with a focus on movement and bounding theories. Findings show that writers of Nigerian newspaper columns use the subject island, adjunct island and wh-island constraints sparingly and this shows a tactful attempt to avoid expressions which permits long distant wh- movement in order not to violate the subjacency conditions and syntactic constraints. Due to the tactful avoidance, this paper recommends that complex syntactic structures should be thought extensively at all stages in the Nigerian classrooms to enable L2 learners of English gain adequate competence and performance of the language.

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Section: Mandarin Chinese English Translationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Exploring the subject, adjunct and Wh-island constraints in the usage of English in some selected Nigerian newspapers

Ambrose,

Igene

2022

Teach English as a Foreign Lang. J.

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Re-Examination of Synonymy in the Standard Igbo

2020

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This study examines synonymy in Standard Igbo (SI) to empirically determine if absolute synonyms actually exist in SI. By the application of cognitive linguistic theory and by adopting a descriptive survey method, the study tries to ascertain the factual behavior of synonyms in SI. The data used for this research work are gathered from documented materials from authors who have written on Igbo synonymy. Forty-six pairs of Igbo synonyms are subjected to analysis using the interchangeablity/substitution method to determine if members of a pair can always substitute each other in all contexts. The study discovers that there are always subtle but noticeable meaning differences realized between the members of the pairs, which is caused by contextual, collocational, and connotative restrictions. The study concludes that members of synonymous pairs in the SI differ from each other when they are placed in certain contexts. Hence, absolute synonyms do not exist in SI as claimed by some of previous scholars.

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Collocative meaning in the Igbo language

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Exploring the subject, adjunct and Wh-island constraints in the usage of English in some selected Nigerian newspapers

Exploring the subject, adjunct and Wh-island constraints in the usage of English in some selected Nigerian newspapers

Re-Examination of Synonymy in the Standard Igbo

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