Browsing by Author "Muhammed, Bashir Yusuf"

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    Linguistic Variations within Otukpo and Agatu Dialects of Idoma
    (Department of Languages and Linguistics, Nasarawa State University, Keffi, 2015-10-01) Abraham, David A.; Umaru, Jacob Yakubu; Muhammed, Bashir Yusuf
    The paper investigates some linguistic variations within Otukpo and Agatu dialects of Idoma. Structured interview was used to elicit data for the work. Native speakers of both dialects were consulted and interviewed using 200 Swadish word-lists. Morphological, phonological, semantics and lexical variations in forms and meaning of words are identified within both dialects. The paper observed that, although the morphology, phonology,semantics and lexical variations exist within both dialects, there is still mutual intelligible among the speakers as indeed with the other dialects of Idoma.
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    Nominal and Synthetic Compounds in Bassa: Formation and Inflectional Processes
    (Department of Languages and Linguistics, Nasarawa State University, Keffi, 2012-03-01) Abraham, David A.; Muhammed, Bashir Yusuf; Philip, Imoh Manda
    The study focuses on a descriptive investigation of Bassa nominal and synthetic compounds, a Proto- Kru language sub-categorized under Western Kru family of Benu The study focuses on a descriptive investigation of Bassa nominal and synthetic compounds, a Proto- Kru language sub-categorized under Western Kru family of Benue Congo languages (Blench & Williamson, 1988; Williamson, 1982). The work studies both the pervasive nature of their derivational and inflectional processes in Bassa language. The instruments used for sourcing data for the investigation include, interview corroborated with the native intuitions of the researcher of the language under investigation. The study discovers that compounding is characterized by productive derivational processes. The rule of vowel elision obligatorily applies to the final vowel of the head noun (Ni) where the complement noun (N2) begins with an initial vowel sound. Second, where the compounds are inflected for number, the deverbalizing prefix, the head noun, (Ni), the agreement marker, and the complement (N2) undergo the appropriate inflectional process. Finally, compound formation is also characterized by agreement markers (that is between the head and its complement). The pertinent contribution this investigation does is the fact that some salient characteristics underlying compounding in the language has been discovered. The findings of the research can be used to stimulate further investigations on the compounding of other languages and comparing them with other languages Congo languages (Blench & Williamson, 1988; Williamson, 1982). The work studies both the pervasive nature of their derivational and inflectional processes in Bassa language. The instruments used for sourcing data for the investigation include, interview corroborated with the native intuitions of the researcher of the language under investigation. The study discovers that compounding is characterized by productive derivational processes. The rule of vowel elision obligatorily applies to the final vowel of the head noun (Ni) where the complement noun (N2) begins with an initial vowel sound. Second, where the compounds are inflected for number, the deverbalizing prefix, the head noun, (Ni), the agreement marker, and the complement (N2) undergo the appropriate inflectional process. Finally, compound formation is also characterized by agreement markers (that is between the head and its complement). The pertinent contribution this investigation does is the fact that some salient characteristics underlying compounding in the language has been discovered. The findings of the research can be used to stimulate further investigations on the compounding of other languages and comparing them with other languages.
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    SOCIOLINGUISTIC SURVEY OF LANGUAGES SPOKEN IN MUBI NORTH LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF ADAMAWA STATE
    (Department of Languages and Linguistics, Nasarawa State University, Keffi, 2019-11-22) Muhammed, Bashir Yusuf; Abraham, Charles A.; Amende, A.C.
    This study is a sociolinguistic survey of the languages spoken in Mubi North Local Government Area ofAdamawa State. It aims at finding out the number of languages widely spoken in Mubi Local Government Area ofAdamawa state. The study collected data from primary sources through the use of Questionnaire and the researchers' observation, as well as secondary, sources. The study found that there are both indigenous and non-indigenous languages spoken in Mubi Local Government Area ofAdamawa state. The indigenous languages include: Fali, Gudey Burn, Fulfddc, Huba, and Bata language; while the non-indig enous languages are: Margi, tybo, and Hausa language. Although, the study reveals that Hausa and Fulfulde are the dominant languages which have overshadowed other indigenous and non-indig enous languages in the area. However, this study is significant as it will be of immense use to future researchers in the study of the sociolinguistics of Mubi North Local Government Area and Adamawa state as a whole.