EUPHONIC AND SYLLABLE STRUCTURE PROCESSES IN GBAGYI
| dc.contributor.author | Abraham, David A. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Ashikeni, Thomas Ogah | |
| dc.contributor.author | Dalhatu, Abigail | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-12-12T10:48:15Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-12-12T10:48:15Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2016-12-09 | |
| dc.description.abstract | 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. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://keffi.nsuk.edu.ng/handle/20.500.14448/3649 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Department of Languages and Linguistics, Nasarawa State University, Keffi | en_US |
| dc.title | EUPHONIC AND SYLLABLE STRUCTURE PROCESSES IN GBAGYI | en_US |
| dc.type | Other | en_US |