A comparative study of the syllable and sound system of standard Yoruba and Onko dialect

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dc.contributor.authorRafiu, Kamar
dc.contributor.authorJolaade, Adeniji
dc.date.accessioned2018-07-05T12:05:45Z
dc.date.available2018-07-05T12:05:45Z
dc.date.issued2018-04
dc.descriptionN/Aen_US
dc.description.abstractThis paper, presents the phonology of standard Yoruba and Onko dialect with the main objective of finding the area of convergence and divergence in the distribution of their phonemic segments as well as the syllable structure. In essence, the study examines the syllable and sound system in the two speech forms with a view of finding the similarities and differences between them. The research methodology adopted for this study is the comparative study. The theoretical framework adopted is the taxonomic phonemics. The thrust of this theory is speech sound identification and the function accorded the segments. This approach makes for what individual languages attest in terms of sound. In doing this, so many theoretical tools are used to determine status of segments. The sound so identified, according to the theory impact immensely on acquisition, speech error and foreign accent. The data for the study is collected from the native speakers of the language and the dialect under consideration. The research instrument used is the Ibadan four hundred wordlist of basic items. We discovered that there are some sounds in standard Yoruba which are not attested in Onko dialect. Also, the phonological constraints imposed on their distribution account for the difference in the accent of the speakers. The study concluded that the area of convergence between standard Yoruba and Onko dialect is more than the area of divergence, which further established the language-dialect relationship. The study therefore recommended a similar linguistic research on other dialects of the language.en_US
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dc.identifier.citationN/Aen_US
dc.identifier.issn2141-5420
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/889
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherDepartment of linguistics and languages, Adekunle Ajasin university, Akungba-Akoko Nigeriaen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesN/A;N/A
dc.subjectconvergenceen_US
dc.subjectdivergenceen_US
dc.subjectsound systemen_US
dc.subjectsyllableen_US
dc.subjectOnko dialect,en_US
dc.subjectstandard Yorubaen_US
dc.titleA comparative study of the syllable and sound system of standard Yoruba and Onko dialecten_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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