Negation in Igálà
| dc.contributor.author | Ilọri, J.F. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Oyebade, F.O. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2022-12-13T11:20:53Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2022-12-13T11:20:53Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2012 | |
| dc.description | Scholarly article | |
| dc.description.abstract | Unlike other Yoruboid languages, Igálà uses a double negation syntax which combines two independent but mutually obligatory elements to generate a single semantic unit of negation. Apart from providing a description of Igálà negation system, this paper, relying on instruments of minimalist grammar as propounded in Chomsky (1995, 1998, 2002), argues for a negative clause projection in which there are two separate but interdependent Neg projections – NegP1 and NegP2 - such that Negº2 takes NegP1 as complement to project NegP2. Spell-out constituent ordering derives from Negº2 ń/nóò attracting NegP1 to Spec-NegP2 resulting in the word order where Negº2 obligatorily ends negative clause expressions in Igálà. This grammar structurally predicts that nothing follows Negº2 ń/nóò in the linear order of words in Igálà negative clause constructions. | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Ilori, J. F. & F. Oyebade 2012. ‘Negation in Igálà’. Entrepalavras: Revista de Linguistica do Departamento de Letras Vernáculas da UFC [Entrepalavras: Journal of Linguistics, Department of Vernacular Letters], Fortaleza- ano 2, v.2,n.1, pages 25-40.Universidade Federal de Ceará [/ Federal University of Ceará], Brasil. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://www.entrepalavras.ufc.br/revista/index.php/Revista | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://ir.unilag.edu.ng/handle/123456789/11943 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.publisher | .Universidade Federal de Ceará [/ Federal University of Ceará], Brasil | |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | Journal of Linguistics, Department of Vernacular Letters], Fortaleza; 2(2) | |
| dc.title | Negation in Igálà | |
| dc.type | Article |