Counting Money in the Obimo Igbo

Iloene, Modesta Ijeoma

doi:10.2307/j.ctvh8qznv.16

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“…The term subject-object switching is ascribed to Uwalaka (1988), who was the first to observe such verbs in Igbo, a Kwa language of the Niger-Congo language family. The subsequent investigation carried out by other scholars substantiates Uwalaka's claim on the existence of this verb class as well as the peculiarity they demonstrate especially with regard to the alternation of arguments (Uchechukwu 2007, Agbo 2009, Iloene & Iloene 2013, Uchechukwu & Egenti 2015.…”

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Argument Alternation in Etulo

Okoye¹

2023

J. Univers. Lang.

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Experiential verbs provide information on the type of stimulus experienced by an entity. The experiential verb class provides certain features across languages. One of the features concerns their ability to allow arguments to change positions in their occurrences as subjects and objects in sentential constructs without a resultant meaning change. The present study explores this verb class in Etulo, a Benue Congo language of the Niger-Congo language family. Specifically, this study attempts a description of the Etulo verbs that convey information about an entity's experience. The features provided by the Etulo verbs are examined in line with cross linguistics features ascribed to experiential verbs. Data for the study were elicited from competent native Etulo speakers residing

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Argument Alternation in Etulo

Okoye¹

2023

J. Univers. Lang.

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Counting Money in the Obimo Igbo

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