Acquisition of Yoruba Bare Nouns

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dc.contributor.authorArokoyo, Bolanle Elizabeth
dc.contributor.authorAmaechi, Mary
dc.date.accessioned2021-10-04T13:59:38Z
dc.date.available2021-10-04T13:59:38Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.description.abstractThis study is concerned with the acquisition of bare nouns by children acquiring Yoruba as their first language. The Minimalist Programme serves as the framework for our syntactic analysis of development of bare nouns by the Yoruba child. The database consists of longitudinal studies of a Yoruba child, Damilare, between the ages of fifteen (15) and thirty six (36) months. He was audio recorded daily by his mother within the period. Some of the data were also written directly. The results show that from a very early stage, the Yoruba child begins to acquire bare nouns as compared to other types of nouns and these nouns occur in different positions. It can be concluded that they use bare nouns where other types of nouns should be used but, with time, other nominal expressions are developed and are used appropriately.en_US
dc.identifier.citationJournal of Modern Languages, 6: 24-40en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://uilspace.unilorin.edu.ng/handle/20.500.12484/6521
dc.publisherFaculty of Languages & Linguistics, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpuren_US
dc.subjectLanguage acquisitionen_US
dc.subjectYorubaen_US
dc.subjectbare nounsen_US
dc.subjectminimalist programen_US
dc.titleAcquisition of Yoruba Bare Nounsen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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