Typology of Headedness in Yorùbá Nominal Derivations

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dc.contributor.authorEleshin, A.
dc.date.accessioned2021-10-04T07:32:46Z
dc.date.available2021-10-04T07:32:46Z
dc.date.issued2021-03
dc.descriptionScholarly articlesen_US
dc.description.abstractThis study examines headedness in different nominalisation processes in Yorùbá. This research aims to investigate possible unification of head analysis in Yorùbá nominalisation. Three major word formation strategies exist in Yorùbá, namely, affixation, reduplication and nounnoun compounding (N-N compounding henceforth). The morphosyntactic relationship among these three, in respect to a unifying analytical goal, has not been fairly considered. Operation merge, with other principles of the Minimalist Programme, is selected to validate my claim about the unified analysis of headedness in Yorùbá. This paper employs the qualitative method of data collection. Data were sourced from both primary and secondary means. I claim that there exists a parallel morphosyntactic structure for the three nominalisation processes in Yorùbá. I establish that the three nominalisation structures have the same syntactic representation as far as their headedness and their internal syntax is concerned. Findings in this study show that, firstly, prefixes, reduplicant and the first noun in an N-N compounding are the head. Secondly, they all occupy the same parallel positions in their varying structures.en_US
dc.identifier.citationEleshin, A. (2021). Typology of Headedness in Yorùbá Nominal Derivations.en_US
dc.identifier.issn2508-5344
dc.identifier.otherDOI 10.22425/jul.2021.22.1.91
dc.identifier.urihttps://ir.unilag.edu.ng/handle/123456789/9591
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherLanguage Research Institute, Sejong Universityen_US
dc.subjectResearch Subject Categories::HUMANITIES and RELIGIONen_US
dc.subjectNominalisationen_US
dc.subjectMorpho-syntaxen_US
dc.subjectPrefixationen_US
dc.subjectReduplicationen_US
dc.subjectN-N compoundingen_US
dc.titleTypology of Headedness in Yorùbá Nominal Derivationsen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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