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The Atsam Verb Phrase
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1.4 Scope and Organization of the study.
This
project research describes the Atsam Verb Phrase. Its examines the
structure of verb phrase in Atsam language and the processes involved in
the verb phrase constructions. This processes and examples are analyzed
using the model of Government and Binding theory. This research work is
organized into five chapters.
Chapter one introduces the general and
the historical background. Also in this chapter, the sociolinguistic
profile of the people and genetic classification of the language are
presented, it gives a brief discussion of the theoretical frame work
adopted in the long essay and explains the mode of data collection and
the analysis.
Chapter two discusses the basic syntactic concepts,
like phrase structure rules, lexical categories basic word order as well
as the types of sentence in Atsam language.
Chapter three focuses on
the Atsam Verb phrase which is the main target of this research. In
chapter four, we discussed the transformational processes that involve
verb phrases in Atsam language.
Chapter five gives the summary of the work with recommendations and the conclusion of the study.
1.5 Theoretical Framework.
Theories
have been set up for analyzing language data to enhance a systematic
account of the linguistic presentation of knowledge of a native speaker
of a language, such theories are used in theoretical frame work for
analysis of data in a language. These include: Traditional or classical
Grammar, Transformational Generative Grammar, Government and Binding
Theory, Structural or Taxonomic Grammar, Systemic Grammar and Minimalist
Programme. The framework used in analyzing Atsam language data is
Government and Binding Theory, which is otherwise known as principles
and parameters theory, also referred to as modular deductive theory of
grammar. It has been chosen because it shows the structure of different
phrases in all the languages. It tries to capture similarities in all
languages by assigning the same structure to them.
1.6 Data Collection.
The
data collected for this research work was through the help of an
informant, a complete native speaker of Atsam language, with the use of
‘Ibadan list of 400 basic items’. The list covers the vocabulary items
of parts of the body and food items, among others. Frame technique was
also used in collecting various phrases in the language. This method
enables us to study the word order system as well as to syntactic
processes in Atsam language. Tape recorded was used as a back up to
these methodologies and the informant Mr. Magaji Sunday, a native of
Kauru in KadunaState.
1.7 Data Analysis
Data analysis is the
implementation of discovery what it entails in the language under study
and it is based on the production of forms by the speaker.
This work
will be analyzing the data using the model of “Government and Binding
Theory†with its sub-theories by exemplifying Verb Phrases and the
transformations.
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