ETUDE DE LA CATEGORIE ADJECTIVE EN FRANÇAIS ET EN JJU
ETUDE DE LA CATEGORIE ADJECTIVE EN FRANÇAIS ET EN JJU
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2016-12
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DAUDA, JOSHUA
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Abstract
We have in this work entitled “Etude de la catégorie adjective en français et en jju”
examined the adjectives of two languages which are from different background: French and Jju.
French being a roman language from indo-European family and Jju, an African language from
the Niger Congo lineage. The problem advanced by the study is that minority languages have
been neglected in the area of linguistic research and this could lead to their extinction. In
realizing this work, a structuralist approach was adopted. This study therefore, aims at promoting
such languages not to allow them go into extinction. This study has shown that there are many
similarities and dissimilarities in the adjectives of the two languages. The French adjectives vary
in gender and in number and that of jju vary only in number. The position of French qualitative
adjective is variable as it is sometimes found before and after the noun. While in jju, the
qualitative adjective is found always before the noun. Concerning their similarity, the adjectives
of these languages play vital role in qualifying and determining an object. Finally conclusions
are drawn that although the adjectives are present in the two languages, the concept is unique for
each language because the principles and characteristics vary in each language.
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BEING M.A DISSERTATION PRESENTED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF
FRENCH
AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA
IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE AWARD OF MASTER OF ARTS
DEGREE IN FRENCH (LINGUISTICS)
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ETUDE DE LA,, CATEGORIE ADJECTIVE,, FRANÇAIS,, EN JJU