‘A Minimalist Syntax of Yoruba Splitting Verbs

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dc.contributor.authorIlọri, J.F.
dc.date.accessioned2022-12-12T09:17:44Z
dc.date.available2022-12-12T09:17:44Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.descriptionScholarly article
dc.description.abstractWhile the literature on Yoruba splitting verbs affirms that every verb in the group splits to sandwich its object, very little is known about how the process really comes by. This paper investigates this group of verbs in Yoruba looking especially at their syntactic frame and features in both causative and inchoative constructions. Employing theoretical insights from minimalist grammar with data evidence from Standard and Central Yoruba dialects, it argues that such verbs are base generated in the core VP before their first halves are raised to lexicalize the functional light v within the outer VP shell. The paper concludes that Yoruba splitting verbs are complex lexemes entered in the lexicon as single units of word items before they get selected and merged to their nominal c-selected complement in the syntax.
dc.identifier.citationIlori, J. F. 2016. ‘A Minimalist Syntax of Yoruba Splitting Verbs’,Ifè̩ Journal of Languages and Literatures, Vol. 2 No 1 pages 6-19. Department of Linguistics and African Languages, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ifẹ.
dc.identifier.issnISSN: 2467-8635
dc.identifier.urihttp://www.oauife.edu.ng
dc.identifier.urihttps://ir.unilag.edu.ng/handle/123456789/11931
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherDepartment of Linguistics and African Languages, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria
dc.relation.ispartofseriesIfè̩ Journal of Languages and Literatures; 2(1)
dc.title‘A Minimalist Syntax of Yoruba Splitting Verbs
dc.typeArticle
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