Eggon Language Counting System and Derivational Processes
| dc.contributor.author | Garba, Patience Ashesla | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-12-12T10:48:27Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-12-12T10:48:27Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2017-08-04 | |
| dc.description.abstract | The paper presents Eggon numerals in their order of occurrence, explaining the computation and derivation processes involved using descriptive method. The writer's intuitive knowledge of the language and a review of previous works on Eggon numerals constitute a major source of data for this paper. The study reveals four type* of numerals- cardinals, ordinals, distributives and adverbials (times). The cardinal numerals are classified into basic and derived. The basic numerals which are akyen ‘ 1 aha *2', a'tra ‘.V, c)iyi ‘4’, of no ‘5\efi ‘6’. d folia *7\ af'ofe18’, dtronye ‘9', ck'po' I O’, end’gd ‘100’, and ezbi ‘ 1000’ are used to derive the secondary numerals using the arithmetic principles of addition and multiplication, on the one hand, and the linguistic phonological, morphological, and syntactic processes of vowel elision, tone change, compounding, sentential expressions on the other. The ordinals are derived using the prefix ha before the respective cardinal number except on ‘first’ which has a distinct word. Similarly, the adverbials are also derived using the prefix engyi, while the distributive are produced by partial reduplication in a triplicate form. It can be said that Eggon is a decimal language that is it counts in multiples often. | en_US |
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| dc.identifier.uri | https://keffi.nsuk.edu.ng/handle/20.500.14448/3670 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | DEPARTMENT OF LANGUAGES AND LINGUISTICS FACULTY OF ARTS NASARAWA STATE UNIVERSITY KEFFI | en_US |
| dc.subject | Eggon language, numerals, derivation | en_US |
| dc.title | Eggon Language Counting System and Derivational Processes | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |