Prefixation In Rindre

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2014-01-06

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Department of English, Nasarawa State University Keffi

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The topic of the paper is the second in the series ofpapers specifically on the process of prefixation in the language called Rindre (also known as Nungu); a language among the many languages in Nigeria. The paper explores the morphological item(s) that is used as prefix which allows for what becomes prefixation. This was followed by a discussion of the language phylum to which Rindre belongs, and the potentials it has in terms of its morphology. The paper took into cognisance the theoretical framework propounded and popularised by Eugene Nida as contained in Tomori (1977). At the end, the paper makes an appeal to linguists to intensify more interest in the study of the morphology of minority languages, as the world over it is common to find such languages threatened with extinction or even extinct; in most cases due largely to multilingualism.

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Tanimu, Y. (2014) Prefixation In Rindre

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