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Connectives in Igbo: A syntactic analysis of connectives in the Standard Igbo and the Nsukka dialect
This study provides a description of connectives in Igbo, focusing on the Standard Igbo and Nsukka dialect varieties. These connectives in Igbo are realised mainly through conjunctions and a few adverbials and previous works on connectives in Igbo have hugely focused on connectives in the Standard I...
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| author | Ifyede, Henrietta Chimto |
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| description | This study provides a description of connectives in Igbo, focusing on the Standard Igbo and Nsukka dialect varieties. These connectives in Igbo are realised mainly through conjunctions and a few adverbials and previous works on connectives in Igbo have hugely focused on connectives in the Standard Igbo variety (Emenanjo 2015). And so, the main aim of this work was to identify the connectives in both varieties and conduct a syntactic comparative analysis, thereby adding to the existing connectives in the literature. This work explores connectives in the Standard Igbo and the Nsukka Dialect and their similarities. It also highlights the difference between connectives in both varieties. Data for this work was gotten through the researcher's intuitive knowledge and by conducting unstructured interviews with native speakers. The major finding is that there are a limited number of connectives in the Standard Igbo and even a fewer number in the Nsukka Dialect and these connectives are more similar than different syntactically. One of the questions addressed by the study is the role of English in the Igbo language in general, and how this specifically affects connectives in Igbo. It does so by thoroughly reviewing code-switching and related concepts. This work concludes that the differences in connectives in both varieties are merely morphological. |
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| spelling | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/32492 Connectives in Igbo: A syntactic analysis of connectives in the Standard Igbo and the Nsukka dialect Ifyede, Henrietta Chimto Bowerman, Sean Mesthrie, Rajend Linguistics This study provides a description of connectives in Igbo, focusing on the Standard Igbo and Nsukka dialect varieties. These connectives in Igbo are realised mainly through conjunctions and a few adverbials and previous works on connectives in Igbo have hugely focused on connectives in the Standard Igbo variety (Emenanjo 2015). And so, the main aim of this work was to identify the connectives in both varieties and conduct a syntactic comparative analysis, thereby adding to the existing connectives in the literature. This work explores connectives in the Standard Igbo and the Nsukka Dialect and their similarities. It also highlights the difference between connectives in both varieties. Data for this work was gotten through the researcher's intuitive knowledge and by conducting unstructured interviews with native speakers. The major finding is that there are a limited number of connectives in the Standard Igbo and even a fewer number in the Nsukka Dialect and these connectives are more similar than different syntactically. One of the questions addressed by the study is the role of English in the Igbo language in general, and how this specifically affects connectives in Igbo. It does so by thoroughly reviewing code-switching and related concepts. This work concludes that the differences in connectives in both varieties are merely morphological. 2020-12-31T13:43:49Z 2020-12-31T13:43:49Z 2020 Master Thesis Masters MA http://hdl.handle.net/11427/32492 eng application/pdf University of Cape Town Linguistics Faculty of Humanities |
| spellingShingle | Linguistics Ifyede, Henrietta Chimto Connectives in Igbo: A syntactic analysis of connectives in the Standard Igbo and the Nsukka dialect |
| thesis_degree_str | Master's |
| title | Connectives in Igbo: A syntactic analysis of connectives in the Standard Igbo and the Nsukka dialect |
| title_full | Connectives in Igbo: A syntactic analysis of connectives in the Standard Igbo and the Nsukka dialect |
| title_fullStr | Connectives in Igbo: A syntactic analysis of connectives in the Standard Igbo and the Nsukka dialect |
| title_full_unstemmed | Connectives in Igbo: A syntactic analysis of connectives in the Standard Igbo and the Nsukka dialect |
| title_short | Connectives in Igbo: A syntactic analysis of connectives in the Standard Igbo and the Nsukka dialect |
| title_sort | connectives in igbo a syntactic analysis of connectives in the standard igbo and the nsukka dialect |
| topic | Linguistics |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/32492 |
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