Browsing by Author "Ashikeni, Thomas Ogah"

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    EUPHONIC AND SYLLABLE STRUCTURE PROCESSES IN GBAGYI
    (Department of Languages and Linguistics, Nasarawa State University, Keffi, 2016-12-09) Abraham, David A.; Ashikeni, Thomas Ogah; Dalhatu, Abigail
    This paper, entitled “ Euphonic and syllable structure processes in Gbagyi” is an investigation of the effect of adjacent sounds on each other, their peculiar patterns and the syllable structure processes in Gbagyi language. A descriptive analytical method was used to elicit data using the Blench word list as instrument for collection of data. This research revealed that in Gbagyi language, a consonant is palatalized before a front high vowel, a consonant is labialized before a rounded vowel, the vowels of Gbagyi are constrained by a partial harmony system, a vowel is lengthened when it occurs before a consonant or before another vowel of the same kind, the final vowel of a verb stem is deleted before a noun or nominal which begins with a vowel. These findings no doubt contribute to the description of the sound systems of Gbagyi and the discipline of Phonology in general.
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    Euphonic and Syllable Structure Processes in Gbagyi
    (Department of Languages and Linguistics, Nasarawa State University, Keffi, 2015-12-10) Abraham, David A.; Dalhatu, Abigail Musa; Ashikeni, Thomas Ogah
    This is an investigation of the effect of adjacent sounds on each other, their peculiar patterns and the syllable structure processes in Gbagyi A descriptive analytical method was used to elicit data using the Blench word list of 1017 lexical items as instrument for data collection. This research revealed that in Gbagyi, a nasal consonant assimilates the features of the consonant contiguous to it, a consonant is palatalized before a high front vowel, a vowel is nasalized after a nasal consonant and a final vowel of a verb stem is deleted before a noun or nominal which begins with a vowel. These findings no doubt contribute to the description of the sound systems of Gbagyi and the discipline of Phonology in general.