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The Kofyar Noun Phrase
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CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
1.0 General Background
Language is the fabrics that ties every member of the society together, which serves as an instrument used by man, for specific and distinguishable purpose.
Indeed the focus of this research is to shed light, on how noun phrases are formed in Kofyar language. Therefore the first chapter of this research is focused on genetic classification of Kofyar language. The scope and organization of the study, the theoretical frame work, data collection, and data analysis. Also the review of chosen frame work technique, as well as government binding theory of syntax.
According to Crystal (1994:420) syntax is the study of the rules governing the way words are combined to form grammatical sentence in constrast, with morphology, that studies word structure. This branch of linguistics is concerned, with how words are combined to form phrase and sentence, in a rule governed manner.
In a nutshell word are not strong together in a random, other they follow certain observable pattern in any language.
1.1 Historical Background
Kofyar means the home state of the ancensor has grown, Dafyar somebody has grown, Kofyar payar is the ancenstral, home of Kofyar language, there ancensor is dafyar, he decended from eastern part of the country, when they came they come together with the angas, mahull, antiwe, siwa, buicous, when they move the came right to daka to mangul. Local government, they had a disagreement at that point the boukous panchi, moved to another direction.
The Kofar move towards garam, they had another disagreement on the issue of chieftancy. Dafyar and Daram, gave birth to frontel, frontel gave birth to gawal national, dafyar now left and stayed in kofyar, he gave birth to 12 children. Among which were twins Dajan, and Dajin, stayed in doemak (meaning my movement ends here) Lugat (scared forest for rituals) Lugat chin.
The doemak are related formed by one person seven district namely, doemak, kwa, kwag, kwalla, bwalla, namu, Jepan.
1.2 Socio-Cultural Profile
1.2.1 Festival
Ma’ap festival-final funeral rite of a great person, and this type of festival is done by slaughtening of an horse.
Kaatar festival – it is a type of festival that is been done, in thanking the Lord.
Koemteng festival – it is the celebration of mystical powers, that are build in Kofyar man.
1.2.2 Religion
Majority of the Kofyars are Christians, followed by traditional practices, with few people name of the gods of the Kofyar includes.
Koemgwa-gods that catches evil people.
Koemtueguna-the oracle.
Na’an-Almighty God.
Mode of leadership
Dokapa is a ruling councel group, that covered. The whole district of Kofyar.
Wedding ceremony. Sanawang the bride is called misnanwar, after the bride price has been paid. The bride were usually taken to groom house for proper celebration.
1.2.3 Best Food and Best Drink
The best food of the Kofyar people, is pounded yam, with traditional soup bwazsusuri, lemstick guzel, balaneweh. The best soup is tookmamg, made up of mushroom, best drink of the Kofyar are muos, wdagole, waarda, chant, one thing about the Kofyars, is that they don’t waste food.
Mode of dressing in the accient days, they dress putting on animal skin, but now they dress to fit western civilization.
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