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The Mernyang Verb Phrase
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1.5 SCOPE AND ORGANIZATION OF STUDY
This project work aimed at examining the Verb Phrase of Mernyang language.
Other
aspects that are probed into in this work includes; the phonological
concept of the language. For easy, proper and convenient assessment, the
work is divided into five chapters with each chapter having its own
peculiarity.
Chapter one introduced the language of study with
respect to its historical background, socio-cultural profile and genetic
classification. It also covers the research methodology as well as the
review of literatures.
Chapter two deals with the phonological concept of the language and the basic syntactic concept peculiar to the language.
Chapter three introduced and analysed the research work, which is the Verb Phrase of the language.
Chapter four examines the major transformational process that has to do Verb Phrase, which is predicate cleft.
The summary of all the chapters, conclusion, recommendation and list of references make-up chapter five.
1.6 DATA COLLECTION
The
method employed in collecting important linguistics information about
the language of study is the use of the Ibadan 400 word-list of basic
items and frame techniques method (i.e. construction of simple phrases
and sentences in English language)
The word list helps to obtain both
phonetic and phonemic consonants and vowel system of the language,
while the frame technique helps to get the basic syntactic concepts,
which the word list cannot provide in the language. All these are made
possible through the help of bilingual informant who are also native
speaker of Mernyang language.
Below are the profiles of my language helpers.
INFORMANT 1
NAME: Mr. Amos Datugun
AGE: 40 years
SEX: Male
OCCUPATION: Nurse
LANGUAGE: Mernyang
HOME-TOWN: Kwa
NUMBER OF YEARS SPENT IN HIS HOME TOWN: 35 years
INFORMANT 2
NAME: Mr. Michael Loetan
AGE: 50 years
SEX: Male
OCCUPATION: Civil servant
LANGUAGE: Mernyang
HOME-TOWN: Kwa
NUMBER OF YEARS SPENT IN HIS HOME-TOWN: 40 years
1.7 DATA ANALYSIS
In
order to achieve the goal set before this project work, X-bar theory,
which is a module/sub-category of government and binding theory is
employed in the analysis of the data collected through frame technique
method from my informant.
The reason for using frame techniques is because this research work is based on syntax.
At
this juncture, it is important to point out that all the information on
the historical background and socio-cultural profile of the language
and its speakers as contained in this project are provided (narrated) by
one of the village elders in the community in person of Alh. Mahama
Dapele.
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