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    Morphophonemic Interpretation of Elision and Assimilation in Gbagyi
    (Department of Language and Linguistics, Nasarawa State Univerasity Keffi, 2018-08-02) Dalhatu, Abigail Musa
    This research makes a cautious examination of some phonological processes which seem to bear immediate relevance to morphological processes of forming the possessive pronoun, associative construction and negation in Gbagyi. Particularly, the research work is focused on the Gbagyi-Nge dialect spoken in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. This study reveals that although allomorphic variations (which characterize the morphophonemics of English) are not tenable in Gbagyi, other interesting phonological phenomena that have morphophonemic relevance are attested in the language. The researcher adopts the descriptive method of data analysis in order to be able to make an adequate description of what morphophonemic roles the phonological processes of elision, assimilation, vowel lengthening and glide formation play as far as possessive pronoun, associative construction and negation are concerned in Gbagyi-Nge dialect. Primarily, data were elicited from randomly selected resource persons through oral interview and secondarily, a survey of the existing literature on morphophonemics was carried out. Although, not a definitive reference point (since it does not consider in its scope other aspects of phonology that are morphophonemic especially, tone), this research is intended to serve as a source of reference to many who desire to know in a systematic and scientific way, about the morphophonemic implication of elision, assimilation, glide formation and vowel lengthening in Gbagyi Nge grammar.