A COMPARATIVE LINGUISTIC STUDY OF SOME ASPECTS OF NUPE AND ENGLISH MORPHOLOGIES
A COMPARATIVE LINGUISTIC STUDY OF SOME ASPECTS OF NUPE AND ENGLISH MORPHOLOGIES
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1999-08
Authors
ABDULLAHI, ALIYU
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Abstract
This thesis is a comparative Linguistic Study of Some Aspects of Nupe and English Morphologies'.
The purpose, aims, objectives, justification, scope and limitation of the study were established and
an extensive literature review was presented on various morphological processes found in both
languages. While some processes were common to both languages, some were not. An eclectic
theoretical framework comprising; translation, segmentation of morphemes, scale and category
theory of grammatical description of languages and Nida's six principles for the identification,
isolation and analysis of morphemes in natural human languages, was adopted for the purposes of
the study. Consequently, therefore, on the basis of the data treated some fundamental, relevant and
important findings were made and conclusions were drawn. Finally, suggestions for further
researches were offered.
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A thesis submitted to the Post Graduate School, Ahmadu Bello
University, Zaria in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the award of the
Degree of Master of Arts in English Language, Department of English, Ahmadu Bello
University, Zaria, Nigeria.
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COMPARATIVE,, LINGUISTIC,, ASPECTS,, NUPE,, ENGLISH,, MORPHOLOGIES