COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF QUESTION FORMATION IN OLÙKÙMI AND STANDARD YORÙBÁ: A MINIMALIST APPROACH
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2016
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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RESEARCH IN THE HUMANITIES, A JOURNAL OF THE FACULTY OF ARTS, UNIVERSITY OF CAPE COAST, GHANA
Abstract
The objective of this paper is to carry out a
survey of the question formation processes
in Olùkùmi and Standard Yorùbá. Our
primary aim is to identify the clause
structure in each of the two languages, study
how questions are formed in the two
languages, and identify the types of
questions used in the two languages. Frame
technique method was adopted for our data
collection. The claim that the two languages
originated from the same source was also
confirmed. The theoretical framework
adopted for this work is the Minimalist
Program. It was chosen to test the relevance
of its claims to African language data.
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Question formation, Minimalist Programme, Olùkùmi and Standard Yorùbá