Browsing by Author "Arokoyo, Bolanle"

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    A Comparative Study of Reduplication in Hausa and Standard Yoruba
    (Alore, Faculty of Arts, University of Ilorin, 2006) Arokoyo, Bolanle
    Reduplication is a common morphological process in the grammar of some languages. This study presents a comparative analysis of reduplicative constructions in Standard Yoruba and Hausa. In this attempt, efforts are made to examine types and structures of Reduplication in both Standard Yoruba and Hausa.
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    Emphatic-Case Assignment in Focus Constructions: Evidence from Owé
    (University of Ilorin, 2004) Arokoyo, Bolanle
    This paper examines the status of the focused Noun Phrase in Owé. It aims at accounting for the different case features on the trace and the antecedent in Focus Constructions. The hypothesis formulated is that the Focus market, being the head of the Focus phras, functions as a case assigner. This paper concludes by proposing that the case assigned to the focused noun phrase is Emphatic case.
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    A Grammatical Analysis of Subtitling in Yoruba Home Video
    (The Performer, Tge Department of the Performing Arts, University of Ilorin, 2013) Arokoyo, Bolanle
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    The Language of Effective Dramatic Communication in some selected MTN Advertisements
    (The Performer, Department of the Performing Arts, University of Ilorin, 2008) Arokoyo, Bolanle
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    Stages in the Acquisition of Yoruba Syntax
    (JOLAN, Linguistics Association of Nigeria, 2007) Arokoyo, Bolanle
    This pape examines the stages in the syntactic development of a Yoruba child. The major objective is to see how and when they set three language parameters. The data used is collected from three children, Damilare, Temiloluwa and Tola between ages 09 and 36 months. We start by examining the normal course of human language development. We look into the stages of the acquisition of syntax from the babbling stage to the multi-word stage. It is discovered that in the course of acquiring syntax, children move from the simple to the complex structures. They are able to set the parameters which make language acquisition for them despite its complexity.
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    A Syntactic Analysis of the Early Verbs of Yoruba Child Language
    (Ilorin Journal of Linguistics, Literature and Culture,Department of Linguistics and Nigerian Languages, University of Ilorin, Ilorin., 2011) Arokoyo, Bolanle; Sanusi, Issa
    This paper reports on the development and make-up of the early verb lexicon of the Yoruba child. It also examines the syntactic structure of the verb and its argument structure. We examine how the Yoruba child moves from a stage of no verb at all to a perfect command of the grammar of Yoruba. Verbs that opaquely theta-mark their objects, verbs that anti-causativise without new objects and adjectivisable verbs are examined. Three children, Damilare, Temiloluwa and Tola, are involved in the naturalistic longitudinal study. They were recorded daily from eighteen to thirty six months by their parents. The Minimalist Programme serves as the framework for our syntactic analysis. We find that the argument structure of some verbs was acquired early while some were acquired much later. The children in our study easily acquired the argument structure of verbs that opaquely theta-mark their objects and they also began to use unaccusative verbs shortly after their second birthday. The subjects began to use adjectivisable verbs at an early stage, however, evidence shows that adjectivisable verbs do not form one of the first set of verbs acquired by Yoruba children.
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    A Syntactic Analysis of the Language of Outdoor Advertisement: a Government and Bunding Approach
    (Alore, Faculty of Arts, University of Ilorin, 2010) Arokoyo, Bolanle
    Advertisement is a tool in the society and it involves creative use of language. An advert requires a codified language; the advertising man knows his audience, chooses a language, decides on the appropriate medium and adopts a style that will carry his message across to the target public. This paper, which analyzes data collected from billboards and vehicles on major roads in Lagos, Ibadan and Ilorin, investigates the syntactic structures of the message of outdoor advertisement. The types and structures of the phrases and sentences used in outdoor advertising are examined using the Principles and Parameters Theory. We discovered that despite the constraint on the copywriter to put so much ideas and concepts in a few interesting and understandable words, he still conforms to