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    ASPECTS OF KÓRÒ WORD FORMATION PROCESSES
    (Department of Language and Linguistics, Nasarawa State University Keffi., 2019-03-08) Peter, Uwumarogie
    This dissertation investigates the concept, structure and formation of the Koro (Migili) words. The analysis is based on the interview from Koro (Migili) speakers, wordlist and checklist of the Koro (Migili) language which were analysed using the descriptive method of analysis. The dearth of research on the morphology of Koro (Migili) triggered a research of this sort in view of the relevance of word formation to syntax and the development of the orthography of any language. The study first examines the concept of Koro (Migili) words, their structure and classifications. The analysis of the data identifies compounding, reduplication, prefixation, clipping, nominalisation and borrowing as productive morphological processes in Koro (Migili). The analysis of the collected data shows that prefixation plays both inflectional and derivational roles. Based on the analysed data, Koro (Migili) derivational prefixes in Koro (Migili) are í, mú, nyí-, nyε- and mù- and four of them are nominalising prefixes: í-, mú-, nyε- and mù-. The analysis of the data proves that n- is not a plural prefix and also disclaimed previous claims that nyí - and í- only play inflectional roles in Koro (Migili). The analysis of the data also shows the extent to which Koro (Migili) language has borrowed from the English language and how the loanwords undergo phonological changes in the course of adaptation into Koro (Migili). This study has addressed the foundational levels of the morphology of Koro (Migili) by exposing some of the morphological patterns of Koro (Migili) and laying the ground for the study of syntax of Koro (Migili) which scholars and students of Koro (Migili) will find very useful for scholarly and pedagogical purposes.