Dialects as Text-Style Markers

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dc.contributor.authorOluwole, Okewande
dc.date.accessioned2023-04-28T15:13:41Z
dc.date.available2023-04-28T15:13:41Z
dc.date.issued2021-12
dc.description.abstractIfá is believed to be the foundation of Yoruba culture, one of the major divinities which cuts across all Yoruba speech communities. Despite this pedigree, however, scholarly works on the style of Ifá texts in relation to Yoruba dialects are rare. This study, therefore, examines style markers in Ọ̀yọ́-Ìbàdàn and Èkìtì dialects as evinced from Ifá corpora. Ifa texts available in the Ọ̀yọ́-Ìbàdàn dialect are contrasted with similar texts in Èkìtì dialect for phonological and lexical variations. Findings show that there are variations between the two dialects in the area of tones, words and speech sounds manipulations which serve as markers of style in the two dialects. The shifts however do not result in major semantic variations. The study concludes that dialectal variations serve as style markers of Ifá divination discourse through which Ifá texts can be appropriately described or differentiated.en_US
dc.identifier.issn1117-5257
dc.identifier.urihttps://uilspace.unilorin.edu.ng/handle/20.500.12484/9354
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherDepartment of Linguistics, African adn Asian Studies, University of Lagosen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries12;1
dc.subjectIfáen_US
dc.subjectdialecten_US
dc.subjectstylisticsen_US
dc.subjectstyle markeren_US
dc.subjectlanguage variationen_US
dc.titleDialects as Text-Style Markersen_US
dc.title.alternativeInsights from Ifá Oracular Discourse in Ọ̀yọ́-Ìbàdàn and Èkìtì Dialectsen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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